Knowledge
SimpleQA Verified
Short factual questions with a single correct answer, testing whether a model recalls facts accurately.
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Top 15
Each model at its best configuration, coloured by maker.
The best model from each maker
Each maker’s highest-scoring model on this test, and its rank.
| Maker | Best model | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
 OpenAI | GPT-6 Astra (max) | 75.6% | #1 of 77 |
 Google | Gemini 3.1 Pro (high) | 73.5% | #3 of 77 |
 Anthropic | Claude Opus 5.5 (max) | 72.2% | #4 of 77 |
 Meta AI | Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) | 60.3% | #15 of 77 |
 xAI | Grok 4.7 (xhigh) | 56.0% | #18 of 77 |
 Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Max | 55.8% | #19 of 77 |
 DeepSeek | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (max) | 52.9% | #21 of 77 |
 Moonshot AI | Kimi K3 (max) | 50.6% | #24 of 77 |
 Z.ai | GLM-5.3 (max) | 41.0% | #43 of 77 |
Every result
77 models, each once at its best configuration, highest score first. Models with the same score share a rank.
| Rank | Model | Maker | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | GPT-6 Astra (max) | OpenAI | 75.6% |
| #2 | GPT-6.1 Sol (max) | OpenAI | 73.9% |
| #3 | Gemini 3.1 Pro (high) | Google | 73.5% |
| #4 | Claude Opus 5.5 (max) | Anthropic | 72.2% |
| #5 | Claude Fable 5.1 (max) | Anthropic | 70.8% |
| #6 | Claude Fable 5 (xhigh) | Anthropic | 70.7% |
| #7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) | Google | 69.7% |
| #7 | GPT-5.6 Sol (max) | OpenAI | 69.7% |
| #9 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (high) | Google | 69.2% |
| #10 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview (high) | Google | 66.8% |
| #11 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) | Google | 66.2% |
| #11 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (high) | Google | 66.2% |
| #13 | GPT-5.5 (xhigh) | OpenAI | 63.0% |
| #14 | GPT-6 Sol (max) | OpenAI | 60.7% |
| #15 | Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) | Meta AI | 60.3% |
| #16 | Claude Opus 5 (max) | Anthropic | 59.9% |
| #17 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Meta AI | 57.8% |
| #18 | Grok 4.7 (xhigh) | xAI | 56.0% |
| #19 | Qwen3.7 Max | Alibaba | 55.8% |
| #20 | Claude Opus 4.8 (max) | Anthropic | 53.0% |
| #21 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (max) | DeepSeek | 52.9% |
| #22 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | Alibaba | 52.0% |
| #23 | Claude Opus 4.7 (xhigh) | Anthropic | 51.7% |
| #24 | Kimi K3 (max) | Moonshot AI | 50.6% |
| #25 | GPT-5 (high) | OpenAI | 50.1% |
How it is scored
Best published score for each exact model configuration, as evaluated by Epoch AI. A suffix such as _high names the reasoning effort used. Standard errors are shown where the source reports them.
Results from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), as published. Model names link to their pages where the site can match them; makers come from the model’s page, or else from the publisher.