Artificial Analysis Coding (October 2026)
In October 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) ranks first with 78.3, followed by GPT-5.6 Sol (max) (77.4) and GPT-5.6 Sol (high) (77.2). Top 20 of 486 candidates.
Data as of October 2026
| # | Model | Provider | Score | Intelligence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) | OpenAI | 78.3 | 44.0 |
| 2 | GPT-5.6 Sol (max) | OpenAI | 77.4 | 47.0 |
| 3 | GPT-5.6 Sol (high) | OpenAI | 77.2 | 42.3 |
| 4 | GPT-5.6 Terra (max) | OpenAI | 76.7 | 42.1 |
| 5 |  Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 76.5 | 49.6 |
| 6 | GPT-5.6 Sol (medium) | OpenAI | 76.3 | 39.2 |
| 7 |  Kimi K3 (max) | Moonshot | 76.2 | 43.6 |
| 8 | GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | 74.9 | 38.4 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort) | Anthropic | 74.3 | 41.8 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | 73.6 | 40.7 |
| 11 |  Grok 4.5 (high) | xAI | 72.4 | 38.8 |
| 12 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | 71.5 | 38.2 |
| 13 | GPT-5.6 Luna (max) | OpenAI | 71.4 | 37.3 |
| 14 |  Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh) | Meta | 71.3 | 33.7 |
| 15 | GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | 71.1 | 39.0 |
| 16 | GPT-5.6 Terra (xhigh) | OpenAI | 70.6 | 38.0 |
| 17 |  Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) | 70.1 | 32.6 | |
| 18 | GPT-5.6 Sol (low) | OpenAI | 69.7 | 33.5 |
| 19 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 68.8 | 29.7 | |
| 20 |  GLM-5.2 | Zhipu AI | 68.8 | 33.7 |
How this chart is built
Draws on a leading third-party evaluation programme that measures model capability across standardised test sets. The chart shows its latest published scores.
Positions are renumbered from high to low by this table's own metric, independent of any ranking the source publishes. Figures are the current real data with no manual adjustment; values we cannot obtain show as “—” and are never filled in with estimates.
FAQ
Artificial Analysis Coding: who ranks #1?
In October 2026, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) ranks #1 (score: 78.3); GPT-5.6 Sol (max) is second (77.4), followed by GPT-5.6 Sol (high) (77.2).
Artificial Analysis Coding: what are the top 10?
Ranked by score as of October 2026, the top 10 are: 1. GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh), 2. GPT-5.6 Sol (max), 3. GPT-5.6 Sol (high), 4. GPT-5.6 Terra (max), 5. Claude Fable 5, 6. GPT-5.6 Sol (medium), 7. Kimi K3 (max), 8. GPT-5.5, 9. Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort), 10. Claude Opus 4.7. The full top 20 is in the table on this page.
Artificial Analysis Coding: where does the data come from, and how often is it updated?
Draws on a leading third-party evaluation programme that measures model capability across standardised test sets. The chart shows its latest published scores. Refreshed when the source publishes; the current data is dated October 1, 2026.