May 2026 AI ranking

Claude tops the list with an Elo of 1502, 15 points ahead of Gemini. Per model family, the best-scoring variant on LMArena counts.

What changed since April 2026

Compared with the position of 30 April 2026. Shifts under 5 Elo fall within the margin of measurement.

Risers this month

GLM (Z.ai)1469 → 1474▲ 5 Elo

Fallers this month

ChatGPT1488 → 1482▼ 6 Elo

Gemini1493 → 1487▼ 6 Elo

New in the ranking

QwenAlibaba Cloud

Without a measurement on 31 May 2026

The official ranking was not reachable, and the shorter fallback list does not name these families. They still appear on LMArena, but not in this standing.

DeepSeekDeepSeek

KimiMoonshot AI

In five points

Claude tops the ranking with Elo 1502, 15 points ahead of Gemini.
Biggest riser: GLM (Z.ai), +5 Elo (from 1469 to 1474).
Biggest faller: ChatGPT, -6 Elo (from 1488 to 1482).
6 model families in the ranking; between number 1 and the last there is 28 Elo.
New in the ranking: Kimi. No family dropped out of the ranking. Without a measurement on 31 May 2026 (official ranking not reachable, so not in this standing): DeepSeek, Qwen.

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Height: Elo, scale 1454 to 1502