August 17 - August 23·Snapshot taken Aug 23, 2026
AI Models Weekly Report - Week 34, 2026
Snapshot of AI model rankings, biggest movers, new entries, and market dynamics for week 34 of 2026.
Key Highlights
- Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic holds the #1 spot with a score of 97.
- Qwen3.8 27B is the week's biggest gainer, climbing 100 positions.
- 10 new models entered the rankings this week.
- 428 models tracked across 60 providers.
Top 10 Overall
| # | Model | Provider | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 97 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5 (batch) | Anthropic | 97 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast) | Anthropic | 95 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | 95 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 (batch) | Anthropic | 95 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) | Anthropic | 95 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 95 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | Anthropic | 95 |
| 9 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch) | OpenAI | 93 |
| 10 | GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | 93 |
Biggest Gainers
Biggest Losers
New Entries
(not in previous week)GLM 5.3
Zhipu AI · coding
GLM 5.2 (free)
Zhipu AI · coding
Inkling (free)
thinkingmachines · coding
Inkling Small (free)
thinkingmachines · coding
Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor
meta · coding
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek · coding
Hy-MT2-1.8B
Tencent · coding
Hy-MT2-30B-A3B
Tencent · coding
GLM Latest
~z-ai · coding
Hy-MT2-7B
Tencent · coding
Category Leaders
Provider Stats
| Provider | Models | Avg Score | Top Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 97 | 72 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch) |
| Alibaba | 51 | 53 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| 45 | 60 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | |
| Anthropic | 32 | 72 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Mistral AI | 19 | 45 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Zhipu AI | 15 | 74 | GLM 5.3 |
| DeepSeek | 15 | 58 | DeepSeek V3.2 |
| NVIDIA | 13 | 40 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
| meta | 12 | 49 | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MiniMax | 10 | 62 | MiniMax M2.5 |
Price Watch
Cheapest Model
Ling-2.6-flash
inclusionai
$0.01/M in + $0.03/M out
Most Expensive
Veo 2
Free/M in + $350000.00/M out
Best Value (Score / $)
Ling-2.6-flash
inclusionai
Score 40 at $0.04/M total
Week at a Glance
428
Total Models
60
Providers
400
LLM
18
Image Gen
10
Video Gen
45
Free Models