October 12 - October 18·Snapshot taken Oct 18, 2026
AI Models Weekly Report - Week 42, 2026
Snapshot of AI model rankings, biggest movers, new entries, and market dynamics for week 42 of 2026.
Key Highlights
- Claude Fable 5.1 by Anthropic holds the #1 spot with a score of 96.
- GPT-5 Nano is the week's biggest gainer, climbing 99 positions.
- 10 new models entered the rankings this week.
- 479 models tracked across 67 providers.
Top 10 Overall
| # | Model | Provider | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 96 |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1 (batch) | Anthropic | 96 |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 96 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5 (batch) | Anthropic | 96 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | 95 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 95 |
| 7 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch) | OpenAI | 93 |
| 8 | GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | 93 |
| 9 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | 92 | |
| 10 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 92 |
Biggest Gainers
Biggest Losers
New Entries
(not in previous week)DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
DeepSeek · coding
Glimpse
elorian · coding
Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)
xingchen-agi · coding
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
reflection · coding
Moondream 3 Preview
moondream · coding
Moondream 3.1
moondream · coding
Muse Spark Open
meta · coding
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
NVIDIA · coding
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)
NVIDIA · coding
Pareto 26.10
unbiased · coding
Category Leaders
Provider Stats
| Provider | Models | Avg Score | Top Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 111 | 68 | GPT-5.5 Pro (batch) |
| 48 | 57 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | |
| Alibaba | 43 | 44 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
| Anthropic | 34 | 68 | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Mistral AI | 26 | 44 | Mistral Large 4 |
| DeepSeek | 19 | 49 | DeepSeek V3.2 |
| Zhipu AI | 18 | 58 | GLM 5.3 FlashX |
| Meta | 16 | 44 | Llama 4 Maverick |
| NVIDIA | 13 | 40 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL |
| MiniMax | 9 | 53 | MiniMax M2.1 |
Price Watch
Cheapest Model
Summarize
scaledown
$0.04/M in + Free/M out
Most Expensive
Veo 2
Free/M in + $350000.00/M out
Best Value (Score / $)
Summarize
scaledown
Score 40 at $0.04/M total
Week at a Glance
479
Total Models
67
Providers
450
LLM
19
Image Gen
10
Video Gen
44
Free Models