Best AI Models Right Now (October 2026)

There is no single best AI model: it depends on what you need and what you want to spend. Here are the standouts across 162 models in Saaga, ranked on benchmark scores, the price you actually pay, and reviews from people who use them.

Updated from Saaga's billed prices, Artificial Analysis benchmark scores and user reviews.

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The standouts

  • Smartest overall

    Claude Opus 5.5

    $20 per 1M output tokens · intelligence 57.6. The highest intelligence score in Saaga's catalogue.

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  • Best value

    GLM 5.3 Flash

    $0.50 per 1M output tokens · intelligence 41.8 · coding 71.5. Saaga's own default: the cheapest model strong enough for agent work.

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  • Best under $1

    MiMo V2.6 Pro

    $0.87 per 1M output tokens · intelligence 46.3. The smartest model at $1 or less per 1M output tokens.

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Top 10 by intelligence

Artificial Analysis intelligence index; higher is better.

The 10 highest-scoring AI models with price, scores and user rating
#ModelFamilyPrice / 1M outputIntelligenceCodingUser rating
1Claude Opus 5.5Claude$2057.6—No reviews yet
2Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude$1056.0—No reviews yet
3Qwen 3.8 MaxQwen$653.476.2No reviews yet
4Claude Fable 5.1Claude$5053.481.6No page yet
5GPT-6 AstraChatGPT$5052.776.9No reviews yet
6GPT-6.1 SolChatGPT$1051.8—No reviews yet
7Claude Opus 5Claude$2550.878.0No reviews yet
8Claude Fable 5Claude$5049.676.5No reviews yet
9Muse Spark 1.3Muse Spark$4.2548.175.8No reviews yet
10GPT-6 SolChatGPT$1047.6—No page yet

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