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Deep benchmark briefings, price reductions, and architecture analysis. Every dispatch links verified snapshot data and head-to-head showdowns.

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Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

Aug 14, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Qwen3.8 27B (Aug 14): dense enough to self-host, not a frontier MoE

Alibaba open-weight 27B drop. Local/open-weight lists should see it. It will not win frontier-agents.

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GLM-5.3 (Aug 14): Z.ai post-train of the 5.2 744B base

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Aug 14, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

GLM-5.3 (Aug 14): Z.ai post-train of the 5.2 744B base

Coding-plan live; open weights promised after a two-week safety review. Newest Zhipu row.

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Gemini 3.7 Flash (Aug 13): $0.75/$3.75 intro through Dec 31 2026

Aug 13, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Gemini 3.7 Flash (Aug 13): $0.75/$3.75 intro through Dec 31 2026

Google’s current workhorse drop. Official intro list and 1,048,576-token context. Compare to Luna and Haiku.

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Grok 4.6 (Aug 12): post-training refresh, same $2/$6 list

Aug 12, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Grok 4.6 (Aug 12): post-training refresh, same $2/$6 list

xAI’s Aug 12 2026 refresh of Grok 4.5. 500k context. The Grok vs ChatGPT hub remaps here.

Seed 2.1 Turbo (Aug 10): ByteDance’s API drop on the public timeline

Aug 10, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Seed 2.1 Turbo (Aug 10): ByteDance’s API drop on the public timeline

Listed on public model timelines as an Aug 10 2026 API drop. Preview-quality story, indexable because we have a full snapshot.

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s default flagship — how to read it on CompareLLM

Jul 24, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s default flagship — how to read it on CompareLLM

Jul 24 2026 official API at $5/$25 and a 1M window. Preference Elo is taste, not a coding exam.

Gemini 3.6 Pro: Google’s current Pro-class long-context row

Jul 15, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Gemini 3.6 Pro: Google’s current Pro-class long-context row

2M context, Pro-class Elo and coding. Upgrade path from Flash is this page, not a vibe check.

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GPT-5.6 Sol: OpenAI’s $5/$30 flagship tier on this leaderboard

Jul 9, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

GPT-5.6 Sol: OpenAI’s $5/$30 flagship tier on this leaderboard

Jul 9 2026 family; Jul 30 price update left Sol unchanged. This is the GPT side of Claude vs GPT.

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

Jun 20, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

Keep Opus 4.8 on the board: a baseline, not a flagship

Opus 4.8 still bills $5/$25. We keep it so Opus 5 vs 4.8 is a real generation delta, not marketing.

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GLM-5.2 remains the prior Zhipu flagship for upgrade pairs

Jun 18, 2026·CompareLLM Intelligence Desk

GLM-5.2 remains the prior Zhipu flagship for upgrade pairs

Strong Chinese/English coding. 5.3 is the new row; 5.2 stays so the delta is visible.