Design Arena — gamedev
Caveat: Head-to-head human votes on generated designs/code, mirrored via OpenRouter.
| # | Model | Score | Observed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI | 1407 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | 1403 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 3 | GLM-5.3Zhipu AI | 1372 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 4 | Muse Spark 1.3Meta | 1371 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5Anthropic | 1362 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 6 | Claude Fable 5Anthropic | 1358 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 7 | Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | 1350 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 8 | Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | 1341 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 9 | Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba | 1331 | Sep 4, 2026 | |
| 10 | Muse Spark 1.2Meta | 1323 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 11 | Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | 1321 | Sep 6, 2026 | |
| 11 | GPT-5.5OpenAI | 1321 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 11 | Grok 4.6xAI | 1321 | Sep 19, 2026 | |
| 14 | Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | 1314 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 15 | GLM-5.3-FlashZhipu AI | 1310 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 16 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 1301 | Sep 19, 2026 | |
| 17 | Muse Spark 1.1Meta | 1300 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 18 | GLM-5.2Zhipu AI | 1296 | Sep 19, 2026 | |
| 19 | Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba | 1292 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 20 | Grok 4.5xAI | 1289 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 21 | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba | 1288 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 22 | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle | 1287 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 23 | Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | 1286 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 23 | GLM-5.1Zhipu AI | 1286 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 25 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 1283 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 26 | Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | 1281 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 27 | Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI | 1275 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 28 | GPT-5.4OpenAI | 1262 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 29 | GLM-5Zhipu AI | 1258 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 30 | DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek | 1252 | Sep 11, 2026 | |
| 30 | Claude Opus 4.5 (latest)Anthropic | 1252 | Sep 19, 2026 | |
| 32 | Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI | 1244 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 33 | GLM-5V-TurboZhipu AI | 1242 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 34 | MiniMax-M3MiniMax (minimax.io) | 1240 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 35 | Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba | 1234 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 36 | DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek | 1233 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 37 | MiniMax-M2.7MiniMax (minimax.io) | 1231 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 38 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 1230 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 39 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 1226 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 40 | GPT-5.2OpenAI | 1219 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 41 | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)xAI | 1217 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 42 | GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | 1212 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 43 | GPT-5OpenAI | 1209 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 44 | GPT-5.1OpenAI | 1202 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 45 | MiniMax-M2.5MiniMax (minimax.io) | 1200 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 46 | Grok 4.3xAI | 1198 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 47 | Claude Opus 4.1 (latest)Anthropic | 1195 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 48 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (latest)Anthropic | 1190 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 48 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 1190 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 50 | GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | 1185 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 51 | Step 3.7 FlashStepFun (China) | 1180 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 52 | GLM-4.6Zhipu AI | 1174 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 53 | GLM-4.5Zhipu AI | 1168 | Sep 11, 2026 | |
| 54 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17BAlibaba | 1164 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 55 | GPT-5.1 CodexOpenAI | 1162 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 56 | GLM-4.7-FlashZhipu AI | 1158 | Sep 11, 2026 | |
| 56 | MiniMax-M2.1MiniMax (minimax.io) | 1158 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 58 | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNvidia | 1156 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 59 | DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek | 1155 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 60 | GPT-5 MiniOpenAI | 1153 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 61 | MiniMax-M2MiniMax (minimax.io) | 1141 | Sep 11, 2026 | |
| 62 | Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | 1135 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 63 | Qwen3.5 PlusAlibaba | 1129 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 64 | DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | 1121 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 64 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest)Anthropic | 1121 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 66 | Qwen3 MaxAlibaba | 1118 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 66 | GLM-4.5-AirZhipu AI | 1118 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| 68 | GPT-5.1 Codex miniOpenAI | 1116 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 69 | GPT-4.1OpenAI | 1103 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 70 | GPT-4.1 miniOpenAI | 1094 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 71 | Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | 1089 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 72 | DeepSeek ChatDeepSeek | 1077 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 73 | GPT-5 NanoOpenAI | 1068 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 74 | o3OpenAI | 1058 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 75 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle | 1053 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 76 | o4-miniOpenAI | 1026 | Sep 11, 2026 | |
| 77 | Mercury 2Inception | 1009 | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| 78 | Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI | 997 | Sep 11, 2026 | |
| 79 | GPT-4.1 nanoOpenAI | 994 | Sep 18, 2026 | |
| 80 | Qwen3 235B-A22BthinkingAlibaba | 980 | Sep 19, 2026 | |
| 81 | GPT-4oOpenAI | 930 | Sep 18, 2026 |
Dot = elo on a 906–1431 scale (position, not length). Scores link to model pages; every number keeps its source on the model page.