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Monthly report · as of 27 August 2026
August 2026 AI ranking
Claude tops the list with an Elo of 1504, 14 points ahead of Gemini. Per model family, the best-scoring variant on LMArena counts.
What changed since July 2026
Compared with the position of 31 July 2026. Shifts under 5 Elo fall within the margin of measurement.
Risers this month
GLM (Z.ai)1469 → 1487▲ 18 EloFallers this month
Kimi1486 → 1461▼ 25 EloIn five points
- Claude tops the ranking with Elo 1504, 14 points ahead of Gemini.
- Biggest riser: GLM (Z.ai), +18 Elo (from 1469 to 1487).
- Biggest faller: Kimi, -25 Elo (from 1486 to 1461).
- 9 model families in the ranking; between number 1 and the last there is 90 Elo.
- No new names in the ranking. No family dropped out of the ranking.
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#1Claude#2Gemini#3GLM (Z.ai)#4ChatGPT#5Grok#6Qwen#7Kimi#8DeepSeek#9Le Chat (Mistral)
Height: Elo, scale 1394 to 1504
The full standings
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ClaudeAnthropic1504−4 Elo2
GeminiGoogle1490+4 Elo3GLM (Z.ai)Z.ai (Zhipu AI)1487▲ 18 Elo4
ChatGPTOpenAI1482−3 Elo5
GrokxAI1475+1 Elo6
QwenAlibaba Cloud1474−1 Elo7KimiMoonshot AI1461▼ 25 Elo8
DeepSeekDeepSeek1459+2 Elo9
Le Chat (Mistral)Mistral AI1414−1 Elo
ClaudeAnthropic1504−4 Elo2GeminiGoogle1490+4 Elo3GLM (Z.ai)Z.ai (Zhipu AI)1487▲ 18 Elo4ChatGPTOpenAI1482−3 Elo5GrokxAI1475+1 Elo6QwenAlibaba Cloud1474−1 Elo7KimiMoonshot AI1461▼ 25 Elo8DeepSeekDeepSeek1459+2 Elo9Le Chat (Mistral)Mistral AI1414−1 EloSource: LMArena · retrieved 27 August 2026