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Humanity's Last Exam

Accuracy on ~2,500 expert-written questions at the frontier of human knowledge (no tools unless noted).

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The best 15 · 79 models tested

Top 15 · best setting per model · 79 models, 144 results (117 independent)

Measured by independent testersIndependent Reported by the makerVendor-reported
Humanity's Last Exam leaderboard
Thinking levelSetting
1Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic61.4%MaxClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
2Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic59.1%MaxClaude Fable 5.1 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
3Muse SparkMeta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)58.0%MaxContemplating modeMaker's own figureVendor-reportedMeta ↗—8 Apr 2026
4Claude Fable 5Anthropic57.4%Extra highadaptive thinking, effort=xhighMaker's own figureVendor-reportedAnthropic ↗—1 Sep 2026
5Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)57.1%HighGemini 4 Argon (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
6Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic55.0%MaxClaude Sonnet 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
7Claude Opus 5Anthropic54.9%MaxClaude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
8GPT-6 AstraOpenAI54.8%DefaultGPT 6 AstraIndependent testIndependentScale AI SEAL ↗—1 Oct 2026
9GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI52.9%MaxGPT-6.1 Sol (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
10GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI49.5%MaxGPT-5.6 Sol (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
11MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi MiMo49.4%DefaultMiMo-V2.6-ProIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
12Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic48.7%MaxClaude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
13Muse Spark 1.3Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)48.7%MaxMuse Spark 1.3 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
14Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)Google (Gemini / DeepMind)48.4%MaxDeep ThinkMaker's own figureVendor-reportedGoogle ↗—12 Feb 2026
15Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)47.9%HighGemini 3.7 Flash (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
16GPT-6 SolOpenAI47.9%MaxGPT-6 Sol (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
17Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)47.8%HighGemini 3.8 Flash (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
18Kimi K3Moonshot AI (Kimi)46.9%MaxKimi K3 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
19Step 5 PreviewStepFun46.5%DefaultStep 5 PreviewIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
20Muse Spark 1.1Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)46.2%Extra highMuse Spark 1.1 (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
21GPT-5.5OpenAI45.8%Extra highGPT-5.5 (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
22Muse Spark 1.2Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)45.5%Extra highMuse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
23GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI44.3%Defaultgpt-5.4-pro-2026-03-05Independent testIndependentScale AI SEAL ↗—1 Oct 2026
24Grok 4.6SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)44.1%Extra highGrok 4.6 (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
25GPT-5.4OpenAI43.7%Extra highGPT-5.4 (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
26Qwen3.8 Max (0803)Qwen (Alibaba)43.6%Defaultthinking (default reasoning_effort=xhigh; eval setting not stated)Maker's own figureVendor-reportedQwen (Alibaba) ↗—3 Aug 2026
27Grok 4.7SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)43.1%Extra highGrok 4.7 (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
28Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen (Alibaba)43.1%DefaultQwen3.8 Max (0902)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
29GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI43.1%Extra highGPT-5.5 Pro, reasoning effort=xhighMaker's own figureVendor-reportedOpenAI ↗—23 Apr 2026
30GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI42.9%MaxGPT-5.6 Terra (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
31Grok 4.5SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)42.7%HighGrok 4.5 (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
32Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (open weights)Qwen (Alibaba)42.4%DefaultQwen3.8 2.4T A95BIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
33Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic42.3%MaxClaude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
34GLM-5.3Z.ai (Zhipu)42.3%MaxGLM-5.3 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
35Qwen3.7 MaxQwen (Alibaba)41.4%Defaultthinking (vendor recommends 'Reasoning effort is set to xhigh' system prompt for reasoning tasks)Maker's own figureVendor-reportedQwen (Alibaba) ↗—16 May 2026
36Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic41.3%MaxClaude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
37Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)41.3%MediumGemini 3.5 Flash (Medium)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
38GLM-5.2Z.ai (Zhipu)41.1%MaxGLM-5.2 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
39DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813)DeepSeek41.0%MaxDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
40Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)40.8%HighGemini 3.6 Flash (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
41GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai (Zhipu)39.9%DefaultGLM 5.3 FlashIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
42GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI39.5%MaxGPT-5.6 Luna (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
43DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek39.2%MaxDeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
44MiniMax M3MiniMax39.0%DefaultMiniMax-M3Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
45DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731)DeepSeek38.6%MaxDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
46GPT-6 LunaOpenAI38.5%MaxGPT-6 Luna (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
47Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen (Alibaba)38.0%DefaultQwen3.8-Flash-NextIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
48DeepSeek V4 Pro (Preview, 0423)DeepSeek37.7%MaxThink MaxMaker's own figureVendor-reportedDeepSeek ↗—24 Apr 2026
49Gemini 3 ProGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)37.5%Defaultgemini-3-pro-previewIndependent testIndependentScale AI SEAL ↗—1 Oct 2026
50Qwen3.8 FlashQwen (Alibaba)35.9%Defaultthinking (setting not stated)Maker's own figureVendor-reportedQwen (Alibaba) ↗—26 Aug 2026
51MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi MiMo35.1%DefaultMiMo-V2.6-FlashIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
52DeepSeek V4 Flash (Preview, 0423)DeepSeek34.8%MaxThink MaxMaker's own figureVendor-reportedDeepSeek ↗—24 Apr 2026
53Qwen3.7 PlusQwen (Alibaba)34.7%DefaultthinkingMaker's own figureVendor-reportedQwen (Alibaba) ↗—21 May 2026
54Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI (Kimi)34.7%DefaultthinkingMaker's own figureVendor-reportedMoonshot AI ↗—20 Apr 2026
55Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic34.6%Maxadaptive thinking, effort=maxMaker's own figureVendor-reportedAnthropic ↗—30 Jun 2026
56DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek34.5%MaxDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Max)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
57Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic34.4%Maxclaude-opus-4-6-thinking-maxIndependent testIndependentScale AI SEAL ↗—1 Oct 2026
58Qwen3.8 27BQwen (Alibaba)33.9%Extra highQwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
59Hy3Tencent Hunyuan33.5%DefaultHy3Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
60GLM-5.1Z.ai (Zhipu)31.0%DefaultthinkingMaker's own figureVendor-reportedZ.ai ↗—7 Apr 2026
61Qwen3.6 PlusQwen (Alibaba)28.8%DefaultthinkingMaker's own figureVendor-reportedQwen (Alibaba) ↗—2 Apr 2026
62Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA28.4%DefaultNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
63Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic25.2%Defaultclaude-opus-4-5-20251101-thinkingIndependent testIndependentScale AI SEAL ↗—1 Oct 2026
64Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI (Kimi)24.4%Defaultkimi-k2.5Independent testIndependentScale AI SEAL ↗—1 Oct 2026
65Qwen3.6 27BQwen (Alibaba)24.0%DefaultthinkingMaker's own figureVendor-reportedQwen (Alibaba) ↗—22 Apr 2026
66Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)23.6%DefaultGemma 4 31B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
67Qwen3.6 35B A3BQwen (Alibaba)22.2%DefaultQwen3.6 35B A3B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
68Muse Glimmer 30BMeta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)22.0%HighMuse Glimmer (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
69Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12BNVIDIA20.8%DefaultNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
70gpt-oss-120bOpenAI19.6%Highgpt-oss-120b (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
71Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)16.0%HighMaker's own figureVendor-reportedGoogle ↗—3 Mar 2026
72Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI13.8%DefaultMistral Medium 3.5Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
73Command A+Cohere12.0%DefaultCommand A+Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
74gpt-oss-20bOpenAI11.0%Highgpt-oss-20b (High)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
75Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3BNVIDIA10.6%DefaultNemotron 3.5 LightningIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
76Mistral Small 4Mistral AI9.9%HighMistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Independent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
77Granite 4.2 8BIBM Granite9.7%DefaultGranite 4.2 8BIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026
78Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)8.7%DefaultThinkingMaker's own figureVendor-reportedGoogle ↗—2 Apr 2026
79Ministral 3 14BMistral AI4.6%DefaultMinistral 3 14BIndependent testIndependentArtificial Analysis ↗—1 Oct 2026