GPT-4o
OpenAIThe multimodal frontier of AI
Quick answer: The best AI model right now is GPT-4o by OpenAI, scoring 97/100 in today's ranking.
The multimodal frontier of AI
Vigilant AI for complex tasks
Expansive context and multimodal intelligence
Open innovation for powerful LLMs
Efficient and powerful reasoning
The workhorse of generative AI
Enterprise-grade RAG and grounding
High performance open-weight model
Powerful AI in a compact package
Google's open model for responsible AI
The current #1 model is determined by our algorithmic ranking, which combines search trends, benchmark scores, developer popularity and news mentions over the last 7 days. The top spot can change as new models launch or benchmark scores are published.
It depends on the use case. Claude (Anthropic) tends to lead on long-context reasoning, writing quality and safety. ChatGPT (OpenAI) typically wins on tool use, multimodal tasks and the breadth of its ecosystem. Check the latest ranking for the current head-to-head score.
The ranking is recomputed every other day at 06:00 UTC. The 'Last updated' timestamp at the top of the page shows when the latest snapshot was published.
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