Artificial Analysis
Independent AI model benchmark + pricing tracker — the leaderboard people actually trust.
Visit Artificial Analysis Free (Pro tier for API access)
Quick verdict
- Best for
- AI engineers picking a model
- Pricing
- Free (Pro tier for API access)
- Not ideal if
- Free tier limits chart embedding
- Editor rating
- 4.7/5 editorial score, not user reviews
What is Artificial Analysis?
Artificial Analysis benchmarks every major AI model on quality, speed, price, and context window. Updated daily. The most-cited independent leaderboard for comparing GPT-5.6 vs Claude Mythos 5 vs Gemini 3.5 vs Llama 4 in real-world tasks.
Key features
- Daily model benchmarks
- Quality / speed / price scoring
- Context window comparison
- Per-provider inference speed
- Free interactive charts
- API for programmatic access
Pros
- Genuinely independent (no vendor money)
- Updated faster than vendor blog posts
- Best single source for "which model is winning"
Cons
- Free tier limits chart embedding
- Some metrics still community-contested
- Doesn't cover prompt-specific quality
Best for
AI engineers picking a modelProduct teams evaluating providersResearchers tracking the frontierAnyone tired of vendor marketing
