LLM Leaderboard

Ringside aggregates the three leaderboards that actually matter for picking the best LLM today:

Artificial Analysis — the canonical Intelligence Index that powers our llm leaderboard.

LMArena — human pairwise voting, great signal for chat quality.

OpenRouter — real-world API usage, shows which AI models developers actually pay for.

Together they make the most honest llm leaderboard you can find. Every hour our public data pipeline pulls the latest numbers, merges them into a single LLM leaderboard, and serves it to your toolbar. The extension itself stays tiny — under 200 KB — and uses zero CPU when the popup is closed.

🔥 Why people install Ringside

1. They are tired of googling "which ai is best" every week — the llm leaderboard is one click away. 2. They want to compare ai models for a specific task — code, chat, image, video — without juggling five tabs. 3. They write about AI and need an at-a-glance ai model ranking source they can trust. 4. They want hard numbers, not vibes, when picking a model for production. 5. They follow new releases and want to see how a fresh model lands on the LLM leaderboard the day it launches. 6. They want a fair ai benchmark — not a marketing chart from a single vendor. 7. They want to spot the best LLM for coding, the best for vision, the best for long context — in seconds.

⚙️ What you can do

Browse the full LLM Leaderboard

▸ Sort by Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, LMArena Elo or OpenRouter usage. ▸ Filter to free-tier models only. ▸ Filter by vendor.

Compare AI models head-to-head

▸ Pick any two models — see scores per category, pricing and weekly trend. ▸ Perfect for matchups like ChatGPT vs Claude or similar deep dives.

Read the news with context

▸ Articles, blog posts and threads get inline rank badges next to each AI model name. ▸ Hover the badge to see Intelligence Index, LMArena Elo and the link to the model's LLM leaderboard entry.

Discover new models

▸ A "New" tag highlights any model added in the last 30 days. ▸ One-click jump from any model to its provider page or LMArena profile.

🤝 Sources we aggregate

📌 Artificial Analysis — Intelligence Index, Coding Index, image and video Quality Elo. 📌 LMArena — chatbot Elo from millions of pairwise votes. 📌 OpenRouter — model catalogue with live pricing and context lengths. 📌 Aider polyglot leaderboard — code-specific benchmark layered onto the main llm leaderboard. 📌 LiveBench — fresh academic benchmark suite.

🧑‍💻 How to use

1. Click "Add to Chrome" — install completes in two seconds. 2. Pin the trophy icon to keep the LLM leaderboard one click away. 3. Open the popup — Chat is the default category, switch via tabs. 4. Browse, sort, compare. That's it. 5. (Optional) In options, enable in-page rank badges for AI model mentions on the web.

❓ Frequently asked questions

📌 What is the LLM Leaderboard? A live ranking of large language models combining the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with LMArena Elo and OpenRouter usage signals.

📌 Which AI is the best right now? That depends on the task. Open Ringside, switch to the relevant category — chat, code, image or video — and the top of the LLM leaderboard answers the question instantly.

📌 How often is the data refreshed? Hourly via a public GitHub Actions pipeline. The popup also re-fetches when you open it if the cache is older than an hour.

📌 ChatGPT vs Claude — who wins? Both routinely trade the top two spots. Open the chat tab to see today's leaderboard position for the latest models.

📌 Does Ringside work for image and video models too? Yes — image and video tabs cover the leading image and video models, ranked by Artificial Analysis Quality Elo.

📌 Is Ringside free? Yes. Forever. No accounts, no upsells, no ads. The data is open, the extension is open source.

📌 Does Ringside collect my data? No. The extension only fetches one public JSON file from GitHub. We do not see what pages you visit, what you click or who you are.

📪 Contact

Questions, model suggestions or bug reports — open an issue on [email protected].

Try Ringside today and never wonder "which ai is best" again. The LLM leaderboard is now one click away.