AI Comparison · July 2026

Leading AI models on the market

Release dates, benchmarks, metrics and user ratings for the top models (ChatGPT/OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Claude and more). Ready for LinkedIn.

Claude Opus 4.8
#1 by user preference
15
Models compared
6
Open weight
~55 Elo
Top tier gap (technical tie)
Model Release GPQA Diamond SWE-bench Arena Elo AAII User rating Price (1M tok.) Access

Source: LMArena / Chatbot Arena, Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (AAII), GPQA Diamond and SWE-bench Verified · Snapshot Jun–Jul 2026. Approximate values.

GPQA Diamond / SWE-bench

Hard scientific reasoning and real GitHub bug-fixing benchmarks.

Arena Elo

Blind user votes. Less than ~15 points = statistical tie.

Open weight

DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama and Kimi near the frontier at much lower cost.

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