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Vals Index

Vals.ai composite of real-world task benchmarks (finance, legal, coding, etc.).

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The best 15 · 24 models tested

Top 15 · best setting per model · 24 models, 26 results (25 independent)

Measured by independent testersIndependent Reported by the makerVendor-reported
Vals Index leaderboard
Thinking levelSetting
1Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)68.9%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
2Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic67.0%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
3Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic67.0%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
4Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic65.8%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
5Claude Opus 5Anthropic63.7%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
6GPT-6 AstraOpenAI63.1%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
7Claude Fable 5Anthropic61.4%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
8GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI61.1%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
9Muse Spark 1.3Meta (Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse)58.2%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
10GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI58.0%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
11GPT-6 SolOpenAI57.5%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
12MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi MiMo55.2%DefaultIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
13Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic55.1%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
14Grok 4.7SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)55.0%Extra highreasoning_effort=xhighIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
15Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)54.8%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
16GLM-5.3Z.ai (Zhipu)53.5%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
17MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi MiMo53.2%DefaultIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
18GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI53.1%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
19Grok 4.6SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)52.1%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
20Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic51.8%Maxeffort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
21GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI51.7%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
22DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek51.3%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
23Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle (Gemini / DeepMind)51.3%Highreasoning_effort=highIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026
24GPT-6 LunaOpenAI51.2%Maxreasoning_effort=maxIndependent testIndependentVals.ai ↗—30 Sep 2026