Who ranks #1 on the SimpleQA leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp by DeepSeek ranks #1 on SimpleQA at 97.1%. API pricing is $0.27/M input and $0.41/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is #1 for SimpleQA at 97.1%. Ranked by SimpleQA, which checks whether the model makes up facts. 86 models in this index have a published SimpleQA score. Methodology: SimpleQA (OpenAI) (https://openai.com/index/introducing-simpleqa/). SimpleQA leaderboard with live API prices. SimpleQA — tests factual accuracy on straightforward questions, measuring hallucination rates. Official methodology: SimpleQA (OpenAI) (https://openai.com/index/introducing-simpleqa/).
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp by DeepSeek is #1 for SimpleQA at 97.1%. Ranked by SimpleQA, which checks whether the model makes up facts. This board also tracks SimpleQA. Next on the same board: Grok 4 Fast and DeepSeek-V3.1. This simpleqa leaderboard ranks models by SimpleQA. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: SimpleQA (OpenAI) (https://openai.com/index/introducing-simpleqa/); 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)
| Rank | Model | SimpleQA | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp | 97.1% | $0.27 | $0.41 |
| 2 | Grok 4 Fast | 95% | $0.20 | $0.50 |
| 3 | DeepSeek-V3.1 | 93.4% | $0.27 | $1.00 |
| 4 | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | 92.3% | $0.55 | $2.19 |
| 5 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 77.3% | $2.50 | $15.00 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro | 72.1% | $2.00 | $12.00 |
| 7 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 71.6% | $5.00 | $30.00 |
| 8 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 71.2% | $0.75 | $3.75 |
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As of August 20, 2026, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp by DeepSeek ranks #1 on SimpleQA at 97.1%. API pricing is $0.27/M input and $0.41/M output.
The current SimpleQA ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp at 97.1%; 2. Grok 4 Fast at 95%; 3. DeepSeek-V3.1 at 93.4%.
Gemma 3 4B is the cheapest scored model on this simpleqa leaderboard at $0.02/M input and $0.04/M output ($0.06 blended). DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp still leads SimpleQA at 97.1%.
Not automatically. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads SimpleQA, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh SimpleQA against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
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.
SimpleQA — tests factual accuracy on straightforward questions, measuring hallucination rates. This page ranks models that have published a SimpleQA score, with live API token prices on the same row. Official methodology: SimpleQA (OpenAI) (https://openai.com/index/introducing-simpleqa/).
This page is the SimpleQA leaderboard. Models are sorted by SimpleQA, 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.
The official SimpleQA (OpenAI) page owns the methodology. This page keeps the published SimpleQA score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number. Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-simpleqa/