GPQA

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol is #1 for GPQA at 94.6%. Ranked by GPQA: graduate-level science questions that resist simple search. 189 models in this index have a published GPQA score. Methodology: GPQA (GitHub) (https://github.com/idavidrein/gpqa). GPQA leaderboard with live API prices. Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A — expert-written questions in biology, physics, and chemistry that resist simple search. Official methodology: GPQA (GitHub) (https://github.com/idavidrein/gpqa).

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    94.6%$35.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    94.6%$60.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    94.6%$60.00
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    94.3%$17.50
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    94.2%$30.00
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    93.6%$35.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    93.6%$30.00
    Kimi K3OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    93.5%$18.00
    GPT-5.2 Pro
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    93.2%$189.00
    Grok 4.5
    xAI · Proprietary
    93%$8.00
    GPT-5.6 Terra
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    92.9%$14.00
    GPT-5.4
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    92.8%$17.50
    Qwen3.8 MaxOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    92.6%$8.00
    Qwen3.7 Max
    Qwen · Proprietary
    92.4%$5.00
    GPT-5.2
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    92.4%$15.75
    GPT-5.6 Luna
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    92.3%$1.40
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    91.9%$14.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    91.3%$30.00
    GLM-5.2OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    91.2%$5.80
    Kimi K2.6OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    90.5%$4.93
    Qwen3.6 Plus
    Qwen · Proprietary
    90.4%$3.50
    Hy3OSS
    Tencent · Open Source
    90.4%$0.66
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    90.4%$3.50
    Qwen3.7-Plus
    Qwen · Proprietary
    90.3%$1.60
    DeepSeek-V4-Pro-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    90.1%$5.22
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    89.9%$18.00
    Inkling-SmallOSS
    Thinking Machines · Open Source · via Thinking Machines Lab
    89.5%$1.50
    Qwen3.8-27BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    89.2%$3.65
    Solar Pro 4
    Upstage · Proprietary
    89%$1.50
    Seed 2.0 Pro
    ByteDance · Proprietary
    88.9%$3.50
    Qwen3.5-397B-A17BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    88.4%$4.20
    GPT-5.1 Thinking
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    88.1%$11.25
    GPT-5.1 Instant
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    88.1%$11.25
    GPT-5.1 High
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    88.1%$11.25
    GPT-5.1
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    88.1%$11.25
    GPT-5 Medium
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    88.1%$11.25
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    88.1%$0.42
    GPT-5.4 mini
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    88%$5.25
    Qwen3.6-27BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    87.8%$4.20
    GPT-5.3 Codex
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    87.7%$15.75
    Kimi K2.5OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    87.6%$3.68
    Grok-4
    xAI · Proprietary
    87.5%$18.00
    DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0423OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    87.4%$0.30
    GPT-5 High
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    87.3%$11.25
    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)OSS
    NVIDIA · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    87%$2.70
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    87%$30.00
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
    Google · Proprietary
    86.9%$1.75
    Qwen3.5-122B-A10BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    86.6%$3.60
    Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
    Google · Proprietary
    86.4%$11.25
    GLM-5.1OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    86.2%$5.80
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    Which model leads GPQA right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI is #1 for GPQA at 94.6%. Ranked by GPQA: graduate-level science questions that resist simple search. This board also tracks GPQA. Next on the same board: Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Mythos Preview. This gpqa leaderboard ranks models by GPQA. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: GPQA (GitHub) (https://github.com/idavidrein/gpqa); OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for gpqa. Ranked by GPQA: graduate-level science questions that resist simple search. Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelGPQAInput /MOutput /M
    1GPT-5.6 Sol94.6%$5.00$30.00
    2Claude Mythos 594.6%$10.00$50.00
    3Claude Mythos Preview94.6%$10.00$50.00
    4Gemini 3.1 Pro94.3%$2.50$15.00
    5Claude Opus 4.794.2%$5.00$25.00
    6Claude Opus 4.893.6%$5.00$25.00
    7GPT-5.593.6%$5.00$30.00
    8Kimi K393.5%$3.00$15.00

    GPQA FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the GPQA leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI ranks #1 on GPQA at 94.6%. API pricing is $5.00/M input and $30.00/M output.

    What are the top models on GPQA?

    The current GPQA ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. GPT-5.6 Sol at 94.6%; 2. Claude Mythos 5 at 94.6%; 3. Claude Mythos Preview at 94.6%.

    Which gpqa model is the cheapest?

    Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this gpqa leaderboard at $0.01/M input and $0.02/M output ($0.03 blended). GPT-5.6 Sol still leads GPQA at 94.6%.

    Should I always pick the #1 GPQA model?

    Not automatically. GPT-5.6 Sol leads GPQA, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh GPQA against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the GPQA leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is GPQA?

    Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A — expert-written questions in biology, physics, and chemistry that resist simple search. This page ranks models that have published a GPQA score, with live API token prices on the same row. Official methodology: GPQA (GitHub) (https://github.com/idavidrein/gpqa).

    Where is the GPQA leaderboard?

    This page is the GPQA leaderboard. Models are sorted by GPQA, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this GPQA ranking different from the official board?

    The official GPQA (GitHub) page owns the methodology. This page keeps the published GPQA score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number. Source: https://github.com/idavidrein/gpqa