Ant GroupRing-2.6-1T
Ring-2.6-1T is an Ant Group open-weights reasoning model, released 14 May 2026. Its best configuration ranks #403 of 785 on the BenchLeader Index at 49.3 ±3.9, in the lower half. The ± is the point: 302 other configurations score within that range, so they and this one cannot be told apart on quality alone — price and speed are what separate them. It scores highest in long context (60) and lowest in knowledge (45). At $0.850 per million tokens blended it is mid-priced. Output speed of 118 tokens per second puts it faster than most, with a first answer in 20.7 s. Last measured 14 May 2026.
- Blended price
- $0.850/M
- $0.300 in · $2.50 out
- Output speed
- 118 tok/s
- measured by Artificial Analysis
- First answer
- 21 s
- Context
- 262k
- Full answer
- 25 s
- median, reasoning included
- Cost per run
- $0.287
- one full Intelligence Index run
- Released
- 14 May 2026
- Overall index49
- Reasoning47
- Coding47
- Agents & tools50
- Knowledge45
- Instruction following47
- Long context60
- Composite48
Versions
Ant Group has shipped 2 models under this name. Each is ranked on its own results; a newer version often has fewer results so far, which holds its index nearer the average until more arrive.
| Model | Released | Index | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring-2.6-1Tthis page | 14 May 2026 | 49.3 | #403 |
| Ring 1t | 13 Oct 2025 | 46.1 | #499 |
How its index has moved
9 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026The index is recomputed from scratch every day, so a line moves when a new benchmark result lands, when a publisher revises a score, or when the models it is normalised against change. Early movement usually means the score is still settling.
Benchmark results
See all LLM benchmarks. One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.
Reasoning
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (AA)not in index | 85.7%#120 | Artificial Analysis | |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA)not in index | 21.6%#206 | Artificial Analysis | |
| CritPt | 3.7%#171 | Artificial Analysis |
Coding
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 45.0%#141 | SciCode | |
| SciCode (AA)not in index | 45.0%#147 | Artificial Analysis | |
| ALE-Benchnot in index | 432.6#107 | Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)not in index | 0.5%#139 | Artificial Analysis | |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)not in index | 43.1%#135 | Artificial Analysis |
Agents & tools
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 28.8%#117 | Artificial Analysis | |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)not in index | 92.4%#52 | Artificial Analysis | |
| GDPval-AA v2.1not in index | 12.3%#110 | Artificial Analysis | |
| τ³-Banking (AA) | 17.9%#104 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AutomationBenchnot in index | 0.7%#201 | Artificial Analysis | |
| GDP.pdf (AA)not in index | 3.8%#173 | Artificial Analysis |
Knowledge
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-Omniscience | -37.7#314 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AA-Omniscience: accuracynot in index | 25.7%#225 | Artificial Analysis | |
| AA-Omniscience: non-hallucinationnot in index | 14.7%#344 | Artificial Analysis |
Instruction following
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 44.6%#210 | Artificial Analysis |
Long context
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-LCR | 70.0%#215 | Artificial Analysis | |
| MLCRnot in index | 3.9%#154 | Artificial Analysis |
Composite
| Benchmark | not stated | Source | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index v4.3.2 | 16.6#271 | Artificial Analysis |
What a task costs
Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.
| Workload | Tokens in / out | Cost | With caching | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 400 / 300 | $0.0009 | – | 23.3 s |
| Summarize a 30-page report | 12,000 / 600 | $0.0051 | – | 25.8 s |
| Code edit | 6,000 / 1,500 | $0.0056 | – | 33.4 s |
| Agentic coding session | 60,000 / 4,000 | $0.028 | – | 54.6 s |
| Structured extraction | 2,000 / 200 | $0.0011 | – | 22.4 s |
More from Ant Group
See also
Questions people ask
- What are Ring-2.6-1T's benchmark scores?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Ring-2.6-1T scores 49.3 ±3.9 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in long context (60) and weakest in knowledge (45). That rests on 8 independent benchmark results, and every score on this page links to its publisher.
- How does Ring-2.6-1T rank?
- Ring-2.6-1T is #403 of 785 ranked configurations on 24 Oct 2026. 302 other configurations score within its margin, so the exact position matters less than the band. The leader is Claude Opus 5.5 (max effort) at 72.6.
- How much does Ring-2.6-1T cost per 1M tokens?
- As of 24 Oct 2026, Ring-2.6-1T costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens, $0.850 blended (three input tokens per output token).
- When was Ring-2.6-1T released?
- Ant Group released Ring-2.6-1T on 14 May 2026.
Data as of 24 Oct 2026. Compare with another model.
Cite as: BenchLeader, “Ring-2.6-1T: benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 24 Oct 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/ring-2-6-1t.