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| # | Model | Generalⓘ | Reasonⓘ | Codeⓘ | Mathⓘ | Visionⓘ | Priceⓘ |
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| 1 | GPT-5.1 OpenAI | – | 92.0 | 88.0 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Anthropic | – | 91.0 | 90.0 | – | – | – |
| 3 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Google | – | 88.0 | 84.0 | – | – | – |
| 4 | ERNIE-X 350B Baidu | – | 84.0 | 80.0 | – | – | – |
| 5 | Qwen3-Max Alibaba | – | 83.0 | 85.0 | – | – | – |