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Misinformation. Headline metric: F1 (higher is better).

Data published

Model comparison

Scores use the published 0–100 transformations; higher is better on the selected metric. Indexes average these published scores; none is normalized. Raw scores below retain their published scale. A missing result is not a zero.

Showing 14 of 14 model configurations.

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  1. PerplexityPerplexity Agent
  2. OpenAIGPT-6 Astra
  3. AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5
  4. GoogleGemini 3.6 Flash
  5. OpenAIGPT-6 Sol
  6. xAIGrok 4.5
  7. xAIGrok 4.6
  8. OpenAIGPT-5.6 Terra
  9. InklingInkling
  10. OpenAIGPT-5.6 Luna
  11. DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Flash
  12. Zhipu AIGLM 5.3 Flash
  13. AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5
  14. Mistral AIMistral Medium 3.5
SimpleQA Verified: every model’s score, interval and source
ModelProviderModel versionReasoning settingScore out of 100IntervalSourceMeasuredSample
Perplexity Agent · medium presetPerplexityPerplexity Agent · medium presetNot recorded98.40Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
GPT-6 Astra · MediumOpenAIGPT-6 AstraMedium75.37Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Claude Opus 5.5 · MediumAnthropicClaude Opus 5.5Medium73.62Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Gemini 3.6 Flash · MediumGoogleGemini 3.6 FlashMedium69.44Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
GPT-6 Sol · MediumOpenAIGPT-6 SolMedium63.62Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Grok 4.5 · MediumxAIGrok 4.5Medium50.94Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Grok 4.6 · MediumxAIGrok 4.6Medium50.57Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
GPT-5.6 Terra · MediumOpenAIGPT-5.6 TerraMedium42.81Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Inkling · MediumInklingInklingMedium42.46Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
GPT-5.6 Luna · MediumOpenAIGPT-5.6 LunaMedium40.14Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
DeepSeek V4 Flash · MediumDeepSeekDeepSeek V4 FlashMedium34.75Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
GLM 5.3 Flash · HighZhipu AIGLM 5.3 FlashHigh32.70Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Claude Sonnet 5 · MediumAnthropicClaude Sonnet 5Medium32.69Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AIMistral Medium 3.5Not recorded21.95Not suppliedSimpleQA VerifiedNot suppliedNot supplied

How it’s measured

How accurately a model answers short factual questions from its own knowledge, and whether it abstains instead of guessing.

Items
1,000 questions
Repeats
1
Format
Single-turn, no tools
Grading
LLM grader labels correct / incorrect / not attempted
Grader
GPT-4.1 grader
Headline metric
F1 (higher is better)
On the 0–100 scale
F1 × 100

Scores and coverage

All configurations, including missing results
Model configurationPublished score / 100Native score (percent)
Perplexity Agent · medium preset98.4098.40
GPT-6 Astra · Medium75.3775.37
Claude Opus 5.5 · Medium73.6273.62
Gemini 3.6 Flash · Medium69.4469.44
GPT-6 Sol · Medium63.6263.62
Grok 4.5 · Medium50.9450.94
Grok 4.6 · Medium50.5750.57
GPT-5.6 Terra · Medium42.8142.81
Inkling · Medium42.4642.46
GPT-5.6 Luna · Medium40.1440.14
DeepSeek V4 Flash · Medium34.7534.75
GLM 5.3 Flash · High32.7032.70
Claude Sonnet 5 · Medium32.6932.69
Mistral Medium 3.521.9521.95

Examples

The same prompt, answered by two models in the run behind the published score, copied verbatim. Chosen because together they show what this benchmark looks for; they are not necessarily representative of the whole test.

Claude Opus 5.5, medium reasoningHandled well
  1. Which female chemist was awarded the Garvan–Olin Medal in 1952?
  2. Gladys Anderson Emerson received the Garvan Medal in 1952. She was an American biochemist and nutritionist, best known for being the first to isolate vitamin E in pure form, from wheat germ oil.

How it was graded

Verdict
CORRECT (reference answer: Gladys A. Emerson)
Score on the benchmark’s own scale
CORRECT

Run 2026-09-23T214256.556093Z-2ba13c58 · sample simpleqa-verified:b5db211554447635:674

Inkling, medium reasoningHandled poorly
  1. Which female chemist was awarded the Garvan–Olin Medal in 1952?
  2. The Garvan–Olin Medal in 1952 was awarded to Pauline Beery Mack (1891–1974), a physical chemist and nutrition scientist at Pennsylvania State University. She was recognized for her pioneering work in nutrition, bone chemistry, and the chemistry of foods.

How it was graded

Verdict
INCORRECT (reference answer: Gladys A. Emerson)
Score on the benchmark’s own scale
INCORRECT

Run 2026-09-24T002022.514819Z-da822b41 · sample simpleqa-verified:b5db211554447635:674

About these results

These are evaluations of API model configurations. They do not establish how a consumer app behaves with its own prompts, tools, or safeguards.

The date identifies the published dataset. Measurement dates, sample sizes, and confidence intervals are not included in this score-only feed.

Published September 25, 2026. Read the benchmark methodology.

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