August 24 - August 30·Snapshot taken Aug 30, 2026
AI Models Weekly Report - Week 35, 2026
Snapshot of AI model rankings, biggest movers, new entries, and market dynamics for week 35 of 2026.
Key Highlights
- Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic holds the #1 spot with a score of 97.
- Runway Gen-3 Alpha is the week's biggest gainer, climbing 41 positions.
- 10 new models entered the rankings this week.
- 403 models tracked across 58 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 | OpenAI | 93 |
| 10 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | 92 |
Biggest Gainers
Biggest Losers
New Entries
(not in previous week)Gemma 4 31B (batch)
Google · coding
GLM 5.3 Flash
Zhipu AI · coding
GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)
Zhipu AI · coding
MiniMax M3 (free)
MiniMax · coding
Inkling Small (batch)
thinkingmachines · coding
MiniMax M2.7 (free)
MiniMax · coding
Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch)
Mistral AI · coding
gpt-oss-20b (batch)
OpenAI · coding
Devstral 2 2512
Mistral AI · coding
gpt-oss-120b (batch)
OpenAI · coding
Category Leaders
Provider Stats
| Provider | Models | Avg Score | Top Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 64 | 66 | GPT-5.5 |
| Alibaba | 53 | 53 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| 45 | 60 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | |
| Anthropic | 32 | 72 | Claude Fable 5 |
| Mistral AI | 25 | 45 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| DeepSeek | 17 | 56 | DeepSeek V3.2 |
| Zhipu AI | 16 | 73 | GLM 5.2 |
| meta | 13 | 49 | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MiniMax | 12 | 64 | MiniMax M2.5 |
| NVIDIA | 10 | 40 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
Price Watch
Cheapest Model
Mistral Nemo
Mistral AI
$0.02/M in + $0.03/M out
Most Expensive
Veo 2
Free/M in + $350000.00/M out
Best Value (Score / $)
Mistral Nemo
Mistral AI
Score 40 at $0.05/M total
Week at a Glance
403
Total Models
58
Providers
375
LLM
18
Image Gen
10
Video Gen
44
Free Models