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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: Apple, Beats, Bose, JBL, JLab, Samsung, Sennheiser, Shokz, Skullcandy, and Sony share the top tier for these 5 API models.
Tier 1
- Sony45%95% interval 33–57%plausible rank 1–9
- Bose44%95% interval 32–56%plausible rank 1–9
- Apple33%95% interval 22–45%plausible rank 1–11
- Shokz29%95% interval 18–42%plausible rank 1–11
- Sennheiser26%95% interval 15–37%plausible rank 1–12
- Beats22%95% interval 14–32%plausible rank 1–12
- JLab20%95% interval 11–32%plausible rank 1–12
- JBL20%95% interval 11–31%plausible rank 1–12
- Samsung17%95% interval 9–28%plausible rank 3–12
- Skullcandy17%95% interval 8–29%plausible rank 1–12
Tier 2
- Google15%95% interval 7–26%plausible rank 4–12
- Nothing12%95% interval 6–21%plausible rank 4–12
Drag across the chart to probe a share.
Changes since the previous edition
The judge panel changed since the previous edition, so shares are not compared between the two.
- mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter: same model, new judge settings
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Too closeNo single favourite: Apple, Beats, Bose, JBL, JLab, Samsung, Sennheiser, Shokz, Skullcandy, and Sony share the top tier for these 5 API models.
| Brand | Choice share | 95% interval | Plausible rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony | 45% | 33–57% | 1–9 | Tier 1 |
| Bose | 44% | 32–56% | 1–9 | Tier 1 |
| Apple | 33% | 22–45% | 1–11 | Tier 1 |
| Shokz | 29% | 18–42% | 1–11 | Tier 1 |
| Sennheiser | 26% | 15–37% | 1–12 | Tier 1 |
| Beats | 22% | 14–32% | 1–12 | Tier 1 |
| JLab | 20% | 11–32% | 1–12 | Tier 1 |
| JBL | 20% | 11–31% | 1–12 | Tier 1 |
| Samsung | 17% | 9–28% | 3–12 | Tier 1 |
| Skullcandy | 17% | 8–29% | 1–12 | Tier 1 |
| 15% | 7–26% | 4–12 | Tier 2 | |
| Nothing | 12% | 6–21% | 4–12 | Tier 2 |
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).