FreeLLMThe best free AI model is 41 points behind the best paid one
Top 5 free chat models on Arena this week (2026-10-20), by blind human votes.
What the video says
The best free AI is 41 points behind the best paid one.
We rank 226 free chat models by blind human votes.
Here are the top five this week.
All five are open: download them and run them for free.
Which one runs on your GPU?
Find it all on FreeLLMArena.
The data
- mimo-v2.6-pro (1491)
- Kimi K3 (Max) (1475)
- glm-5.3-max (1471)
- glm-5.3-flash (1471)
- glm-5.2-max (1470)
- Best paid model: Gemini 4 Argon (High) (1532).
- Free-only ranking, updated every night: https://freellmarena.com
Hardware
Memory at 4-bit with an 8K context, from our simulator. To check your own setup, use the Run at home simulator.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro: about 623 GB at 4-bit · no single home machine on our list holds it
- Kimi K3 (Max): about 1687 GB at 4-bit · no single home machine on our list holds it
- GLM-5.3 (Max): about 459 GB at 4-bit · no single home machine on our list holds it
- GLM-5.3-Flash: about 197 GB at 4-bit · smallest home machine that holds it: Mac Studio M3 Ultra 512 GB · Amazon ↗
- GLM-5.2 (Max): about 459 GB at 4-bit · no single home machine on our list holds it
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Every number in this post comes from the FreeLLMArena data on 20 Oct 2026: Arena votes, Hugging Face sizes and our speed simulator. Download the video and its subtitles.
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