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51 models from 14 labs: who has the highest-ranked model, the cheapest capable one, open weights you can host, and models you can run in Australia.
14 LABS51 MODELSUPDATED 23 SEP 2026
LABS14 LABS · 23 SEP 2026
| LAB | BEST MODEL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnthropicUNITED STATES | #1 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 9 | A$5.62 | 0 | 7 |
| MetaUNITED STATES | #5 | Muse Spark 1.3 | 4 | A$2.81 | 0 | 0 |
| OpenAIUNITED STATES | #7 | GPT-6 Astra | 9 | A$0.28 | 0 | 1 |
| xAIUNITED STATES | #10 | Grok 4.7 | 3 | A$4.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Xiaomi (MiMo)CHINA | #11 | MiMo V2.6 Pro | 2 | A$0.76 | 1 | 0 |
| GoogleUNITED STATES | #13 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 8 | A$0.29 | 1 | 1 |
| Z.ai (GLM)CHINA | #14 | GLM-5.3 | 3 | A$0.33 | 3 | 0 |
| Moonshot AI (Kimi)CHINA | #15 | Kimi K3 | 2 | A$2.40 | 2 | 0 |
| Alibaba (Qwen)CHINA | #16 | Qwen3.8 Max | 4 | A$0.32 | 2 | 0 |
| StepFunCHINA | #19 | Step 5 | 1 | A$2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeekCHINA | #27 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 3 | A$0.74 | 3 | 0 |
| Tencent (Hunyuan)CHINA | #45 | Hy3 | 1 | A$0.35 | 1 | 0 |
| MiniMaxCHINA | #48 | MiniMax M3 | 1 | A$0.74 | 1 | 0 |
| Mistral AIFRANCE | #51 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | 1 | A$4.21 | 1 | 0 |
LAB PROFILES
Every model from the major labs.
PROFILES8 LABS
AnthropicThe highest-ranked is Claude Opus 5.5, 1st of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$5.62 (Claude Sonnet 5) to A$28.08 (Claude Fable 5) per million tokens.Profile →OpenAIThe highest-ranked is GPT-6 Astra, 7th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.28 (GPT-6 Luna) to A$28.08 (GPT-6 Astra) per million tokens.Profile →GoogleThe highest-ranked is Gemini 3.8 Flash, 13th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.29 (Gemma 4 31B) to A$6.32 (Gemini 3 Pro) per million tokens.Profile →MetaThe highest-ranked is Muse Spark 1.3, 5th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$2.81 (Muse Spark 1.3) to A$2.81 (Muse Spark 1.1) per million tokens.Profile →xAIThe highest-ranked is Grok 4.7, 10th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$4.21 (Grok 4.7) to A$4.21 (Grok 4.5) per million tokens.Profile →Alibaba (Qwen)The highest-ranked is Qwen3.8 Max, 16th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.32 (Qwen3.8 Flash Next) to A$5.26 (Qwen3.7 Max) per million tokens.Profile →Z.ai (GLM)The highest-ranked is GLM-5.3, 14th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.33 (GLM-5.3 Flash) to A$3.02 (GLM-5.2) per million tokens.Profile →DeepSeekThe highest-ranked is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 27th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.74 (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) to A$2.78 (DeepSeek V4 Pro) per million tokens.Profile →
Ratings: LMArena leaderboard dataset (CC BY 4.0), rescaled for the lens scores · leaderboards to 22 Sep 2026
Evaluations, prices and speed: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) · fetched 23 Sep 2026
Exchange rate: Reserve Bank of Australia, table F11.1 · A$1 = US$0.7123 on 22 Sep 2026 · prices exclude GST
Snapshot 23 Sep 2026 · updated weekly · How the rankings work →
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