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Which brand 5 AI models pick, with intervals.
Fast panel · Panel, equal weight
- anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter (20%)
- openai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter (20%)
- google/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter (20%)
- mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter (20%)
- deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter (20%)
Too closeNo single favourite: Bose and Sonos share the top tier for these 5 API models.
Tier 1
- Sonos62%95% interval 54–69%plausible rank 1–2
- Bose44%95% interval 35–53%plausible rank 1–5
Tier 2
- Yamaha39%95% interval 31–47%plausible rank 2–5
- Sony36%95% interval 27–46%plausible rank 2–6
- Samsung29%95% interval 21–38%plausible rank 2–8
Tier 3
- Sennheiser19%95% interval 12–28%plausible rank 4–10
- Polk Audio17%95% interval 11–24%plausible rank 5–9
- Klipsch14%95% interval 8–23%plausible rank 5–10
- LG7%95% interval 3–12%plausible rank 6–11
- VIZIO6%95% interval 3–11%plausible rank 7–11
Tier 4
- TCL1%95% interval 0–8%plausible rank 9–11
Drag across the chart to probe a share.
Too closeNo single favourite: Bose and Sonos share the top tier for these 5 API models.
| Brand | Choice share | 95% interval | Plausible rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonos | 62% | 54–69% | 1–2 | Tier 1 |
| Bose | 44% | 35–53% | 1–5 | Tier 1 |
| Yamaha | 39% | 31–47% | 2–5 | Tier 2 |
| Sony | 36% | 27–46% | 2–6 | Tier 2 |
| Samsung | 29% | 21–38% | 2–8 | Tier 2 |
| Sennheiser | 19% | 12–28% | 4–10 | Tier 3 |
| Polk Audio | 17% | 11–24% | 5–9 | Tier 3 |
| Klipsch | 14% | 8–23% | 5–10 | Tier 3 |
| LG | 7% | 3–12% | 6–11 | Tier 3 |
| VIZIO | 6% | 3–11% | 7–11 | Tier 3 |
| TCL | 1% | 0–8% | 9–11 | Tier 4 |
How to read this
- Choice share: how often models pick a brand when it appears in a shortlist of 4. Chance is 25%, the dashed line.
- The band is the 95% interval; the bright tick is the estimate. Overlapping bands are not a strict order.
- Tiers are published: a tier groups brands not distinguishable from that tier's leader. Same tier does not mean equal.
- Rank shows the plausible rank range, not a strict place.
- Drag across the chart to probe a share and see which intervals contain it.
- Brand names only: the models saw each option as a brand name, with no product facts, and answered from their own knowledge.
- Fast panel: the fast or small current models of each vendor, not the full flagship panel.
- Each page shows the latest edition. Dates are in the downloadable JSON.
Panel and conditions
Each edition puts the brands of the category to a panel of AI models, called through their APIs, in randomized shortlists of 4 (chance is 25%). Each option was a brand name only, with no product facts, prices or any commercial data, so a brand's share measures which brand the models recommend from their own knowledge for the shopper needs of the scenarios. Shares come with 95% intervals; tiers and rank intervals are simultaneous at the same level.
- anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter (20%)
- openai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter (20%)
- google/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter (20%)
- mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter (20%)
- deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter (20%)
Conditions: closed-book API calls via OpenRouter (pinned providers); web search, grounding, tools and retrieval off; forced choice; 2 paraphrases per scenario in English.
Methodology: ACM-1.0-chart-draft (draft rules for movement, significance and events, awaiting review).