Best Superintelligence Right Now: The Leading AI Models

The current leader, its nearest alternatives, and task-specific choices from the live SI Score snapshot. An evidence-based answer with its limits made explicit.

Snapshot: Oct 8, 2026, 22:13 UTC · Method si-v2-absolute-shrinkage-1

Claude Fable 5.1 leads the current SI Index

At the snapshot date above, Claude Fable 5.1 ranks #1 with an SI Score of 80.2 and 100% confidence. “Best superintelligence” here means the highest-ranked frontier AI model under our published method. The ranking does not establish that a beyond-human general intelligence exists.

The top three, with evidence

#1 · Anthropic

Claude Fable 5.1

80.2SI Score · 100% confidence 100 percent, Full

Highest measured pillars: math (91.5) and reasoning (87.1). These describe published evaluations, rather than a guarantee on your workload.

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#2 · Anthropic

Claude Opus 5.5

78.4SI Score · 100% confidence 100 percent, Full

Highest measured pillars: math (91.5) and reasoning (91.4). These describe published evaluations, rather than a guarantee on your workload.

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#3 · OpenAI

GPT-6 Astra

77.6SI Score · 100% confidence 100 percent, Full

Highest measured pillars: math (92.9) and reasoning (87.1). These describe published evaluations, rather than a guarantee on your workload.

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Why this model is first

The leader has the highest composite among models that meet the rank eligibility rule. That rule asks for enough expected-source coverage and results in at least two capability pillars. It prevents an isolated impressive result from receiving a headline rank. The composite combines reasoning, math, coding and human preference using the weights in our methodology. This is our synthesis of published evidence; we do not run the evaluations ourselves.

A first place finish is useful for narrowing a shortlist, but the score gap is not a measured probability that one model will beat another on your next prompt. Different harnesses, reasoning budgets and benchmark versions affect outcomes. Open the three profiles, compare their shared tests, and pay particular attention to the variants that resemble your application. A coding agent operating in a repository and a conversational assistant are different jobs.

Best by task

  • Coding: Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads the measured coding pillar among rank-eligible models. Start here for software tasks, then check tool use and repository results on the coding board.
  • Math: GPT-6.1 Sol has the highest reported math pillar. Use the math ranking to examine alternatives and distinguish competition questions from your own calculations.
  • Reasoning: Claude Opus 5.5 tops the reasoning pillar. This is a benchmark-based starting point for complex questions, with the cited test conditions preserved.
  • Value: Claude Haiku 5.5 leads our score-per-price heuristic among ranked models scoring at least 50 with both prices known. The mix is three input tokens per output token; your bill depends on usage.
  • Open weights: Kimi K3 is the highest SI Score with confirmed downloadable weights. Check the license and hosting requirements before selecting it.

How to read confidence

Confidence reports expected-source completeness, adjusted by the method’s 80% threshold. It is not a forecast, a safety score or a guarantee of correct answers. A model can reach 100% while some sources remain pending. Missing prices, context or benchmark results stay unknown; they are never borrowed from related versions. A provisional model may be excellent but has insufficient evidence for a comparable overall rank.

For a practical choice, shortlist the leader and a task specialist, test representative inputs, and compare quality with cost and latency in your own environment. SI Index currently does not measure latency. For a plain-language buying decision read best AI model; for the definition behind this query use the FAQ.

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