SimpleBench

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is #1 for SimpleBench at 81.9%. Ranked by the SimpleBench score 59 models in this index have a published SimpleBench score. SimpleBench leaderboard: rank models by SimpleBench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    81.9%$60.00
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    79.6%$17.50
    GPT-5.5 Pro
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    76.9%$540.00
    Gemini 3.5 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    76.7%$10.50
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    76.4%$14.00
    Qwen3.7 Max
    Qwen · Proprietary
    70.4%$5.00
    Grok 4.5
    xAI · Proprietary
    70%$8.00
    GPT-5.5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    69%$35.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    67.6%$30.00
    GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    64.8%$35.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    64.8%$30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    62.9%$30.00
    Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
    Google · Proprietary
    62.4%$11.25
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    62%$30.00
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    61.1%$3.50
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    60.6%$12.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    60%$90.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    58.8%$90.00
    Kimi K2.7 CodeOSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    57.9%$4.93
    GPT-5.2 Pro
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    57.4%$189.00
    GPT-5
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    56.7%$11.25
    Grok-4.1 Fast Reasoning
    xAI · Proprietary
    56%$0.70
    Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning
    xAI · Proprietary
    56%$0.70
    GLM-5.1OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    55.1%$5.80
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    54.3%$18.00
    GPT-5.1
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    53.2%$11.25
    GLM-5OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    53.2%$4.20
    o3
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    53.1%$10.00
    GPT-5.6 Terra
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    48.9%$14.00
    GLM-4.7OSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    47.7%$2.80
    Kimi K2.5OSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    46.8%$3.68
    GPT-5.6 Luna
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    46.8%$1.40
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    46.4%$18.00
    MiniMax M3OSS
    MiniMax · Open Source
    45.8%$1.50
    GPT-5.2
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    45.8%$15.75
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    45.5%$18.00
    o1
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    41.7%$75.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    41.4%$18.00
    Gemini 2.5 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    41.2%$2.80
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    40.8%$2.74
    DeepSeek-V3.1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    40%$1.27
    o4-mini
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    38.7%$5.50
    Grok-3
    xAI · Proprietary
    36.1%$18.00
    Qwen3 235B A22BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    31%$0.20
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    30.9%$2.74
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    27.5%$18.00
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    27.2%$1.42
    GPT-4.1
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    27%$10.00
    Kimi K2 InstructOSS
    Moonshot AI · Open Source
    26.3%$1.00
    GPT-4 Turbo
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    25.1%$40.00
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    Which model leads SimpleBench right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic is #1 for SimpleBench at 81.9%. Ranked by the SimpleBench score This board also tracks SimpleBench. Next on the same board: Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5.5 Pro. This simplebench leaderboard ranks models by SimpleBench. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: 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 simplebench. Ranked by the SimpleBench score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelSimpleBenchInput /MOutput /M
    1Claude Fable 581.9%$10.00$50.00
    2Gemini 3.1 Pro79.6%$2.50$15.00
    3GPT-5.5 Pro76.9%$60.00$480.00
    4Gemini 3.5 Flash76.7%$1.50$9.00
    5Gemini 3 Pro76.4%$2.00$12.00
    6Qwen3.7 Max70.4%$1.25$3.75
    7Grok 4.570%$2.00$6.00
    8GPT-5.569%$5.00$30.00

    SimpleBench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the SimpleBench leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Claude Fable 5 by Anthropic ranks #1 on SimpleBench at 81.9%. API pricing is $10.00/M input and $50.00/M output.

    What are the top models on SimpleBench?

    The current SimpleBench ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Claude Fable 5 at 81.9%; 2. Gemini 3.1 Pro at 79.6%; 3. GPT-5.5 Pro at 76.9%.

    Which simplebench model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3 235B A22B is the cheapest scored model on this simplebench leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.20 blended). Claude Fable 5 still leads SimpleBench at 81.9%.

    Should I always pick the #1 SimpleBench model?

    Not automatically. Claude Fable 5 leads SimpleBench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh SimpleBench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the SimpleBench 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 SimpleBench?

    SimpleBench is a public LLM eval (the SimpleBench score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the SimpleBench leaderboard?

    This page is the SimpleBench leaderboard. Models are sorted by SimpleBench, 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 SimpleBench ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published SimpleBench score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.