All Anthropic Claude models ranked by benchmark performance.
Unless noted otherwise, ranking surfaces on this page use BenchLM's provisional leaderboard lane rather than the stricter sourced-only verified leaderboard.
Bottom line: Claude Mythos Preview leads the entire leaderboard. Claude Opus 4.6 is the most balanced option, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers strong mid-tier performance at lower cost.
According to BenchLM.ai, Claude Mythos Preview leads this ranking with a score of 99, followed by Claude Opus 4.7 (97) and Claude Opus 4.6 (91). There is meaningful separation between the top models, suggesting genuine performance differences.
All models in this ranking are proprietary. No open-weight alternatives are available for this category.
This ranking is based on provisional overall weighted scores across BenchLM.ai's scoring formula tracked by BenchLM.ai. For detailed model profiles, click any model name below. To compare two specific models head-to-head, use the "vs #" links.
Claude Mythos Preview
Anthropic · 1M
Highest-scoring model overall. Perfect agentic, coding, and multilingual.
Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic · 1M
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic · 1M
Most consistent model across all categories. Top instruction following (95).
Claude Mythos Preview entered at #1 — highest-scoring model on the entire BenchLM leaderboard.
Claude Opus 4.6 most balanced Anthropic model — consistent across all 8 categories.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 best mid-tier option with strong multimodal (95).
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The top model is Claude Mythos Preview by Anthropic with a provisional score of 99.
13 models are included in this ranking.
Models are ranked by the same overall BenchLM score used across all leaderboards. Comparing within Anthropic's lineup helps identify which model fits your use case and budget.
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