Reasoning
ARC-AGI Leaderboard
ARC-AGI tests fluid, abstract reasoning on small visual grid puzzles where each task follows a novel rule the model must infer from a few examples. It deliberately resists memorization and is one of the most-watched measures of general reasoning progress.
Source: epoch19 open models ranked+213 proprietaryData through Sep 2026
All models ranked on ARC-AGI
Proprietary / closed models are shown dimmed — you can't run them locally, but they show where the open field stands.
| # | Model | Score | VRAM @ Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5 (xhigh) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5 Max · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5.5 (high) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 4 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 5 | GPT 6 Astra (high) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 6 | GPT 6 Astra (xhigh) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 7 | GPT 6.1 Sol (high) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 8 | GPT 6.1 Sol (xhigh) · proprietary | 98.5% | API only |
| 9 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · proprietary | 98.0% | API only |
| 10 | Claude Fable 5.1 Max · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 11 | Claude Opus 5 (high) · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 12 | Claude Opus 5 Max · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 13 | Claude Opus 5.5 (medium) · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 14 | Claude Opus 5.5 (xhigh) · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 15 | Claude Opus 5.5 Max · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 16 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (medium) · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 17 | GPT 5.6 Sol (xhigh) · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 18 | GPT 6 Astra (medium) · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 19 | GPT 6 Astra Max · proprietary | 97.5% | API only |
| 20 | GPT 5.6 Sol (high) · proprietary | 97.0% | API only |
| 21 | Claude Fable 5.1 (xhigh) · proprietary | 96.5% | API only |
| 22 | GPT 5.5 Pro (high) · proprietary | 96.5% | API only |
| 23 | GPT 5.6 Sol Max · proprietary | 96.5% | API only |
| 24 | GPT 5.6 Terra Max · proprietary | 96.5% | API only |
| 25 | GPT 6 Astra (low) · proprietary | 96.5% | API only |
| 26 | GPT 6.1 Sol Max · proprietary | 96.5% | API only |
| 27 | Claude Fable 5.1 (high) · proprietary | 96.0% | API only |
| 28 | Gemini 3 Deep Think Preview · proprietary | 96.0% | API only |
| 29 | Claude Fable 5 (high) · proprietary | 95.5% | API only |
| 30 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (high) · proprietary | 95.5% | API only |
| 31 | GPT 6 Sol Max · proprietary | 95.5% | API only |
| 32 | GPT 6.1 Sol (medium) · proprietary | 95.5% | API only |
| 33 | GPT 5.5 (xhigh) · proprietary | 95.0% | API only |
| 34 | GPT 5.5 Pro (xhigh) · proprietary | 95.0% | API only |
| 35 | Claude Fable 5.1 (medium) · proprietary | 94.5% | API only |
| 36 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · 763.2B | 94.5% | ~458 GB |
| 37 | GPT 5.4 Pro (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 94.5% | API only |
| 38 | GPT 5.5 (high) · proprietary | 94.5% | API only |
| 39 | Kimi K3 · 2779.9B | 94.5% | ~1674 GB |
| 40 | Claude Opus 4.6 (120K) · proprietary | 94.0% | API only |
| 41 | GPT 5.6 Terra (xhigh) · proprietary | 94.0% | API only |
| 42 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 93.7% | API only |
| 43 | Claude Opus 4.7 (high) · proprietary | 93.5% | API only |
| 44 | GPT 6.1 Sol (low) · proprietary | 93.5% | API only |
| 45 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, high) · proprietary | 92.7% | API only |
| 46 | GPT 6 Sol (xhigh) · proprietary | 92.7% | API only |
| 47 | Claude Fable 5 (medium) · proprietary | 92.5% | API only |
| 48 | Claude Opus 4.8 Max · proprietary | 92.5% | API only |
| 49 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) · proprietary | 92.5% | API only |
| 50 | GPT 5.6 Sol (medium) · proprietary | 92.5% | API only |
| 51 | GPT 5.5 (medium) · proprietary | 92.2% | API only |
| 52 | Claude Opus 4.7 Max · proprietary | 92.0% | API only |
| 53 | Claude Opus 4.8 (high) · proprietary | 92.0% | API only |
| 54 | GPT 5.6 Terra (high) · proprietary | 92.0% | API only |
| 55 | Claude Opus 4.8 (medium) · proprietary | 91.5% | API only |
| 56 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (high) · proprietary | 91.2% | API only |
| 57 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (medium) · proprietary | 91.2% | API only |
| 58 | Claude Opus 4.7 (low) · proprietary | 91.0% | API only |
| 59 | Claude Opus 4.7 (medium) · proprietary | 91.0% | API only |
| 60 | GLM 5.3 Flash · 321.3B | 91.0% | ~195 GB |
| 61 | GPT 6 Sol (high) · proprietary | 91.0% | API only |
| 62 | Claude Fable 5 (low) · proprietary | 90.5% | API only |
| 63 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 · 1650.5B | 90.5% | ~991 GB |
| 64 | Gemini 3.8 Flash (low) · proprietary | 90.5% | API only |
| 65 | GPT 5.2 Pro (Dec 11, 2025, xhigh) · proprietary | 90.5% | API only |
| 66 | Grok 4.7 (high) · proprietary | 90.2% | API only |
| 67 | Claude Fable 5.1 (low) · proprietary | 90.0% | API only |
| 68 | Grok 4.7 (medium) · proprietary | 90.0% | API only |
| 69 | Grok 4.20 · proprietary | 89.5% | API only |
| 70 | Grok 4.7 (xhigh) · proprietary | 89.5% | API only |
| 71 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · 304.2B | 89.0% | ~183 GB |
| 72 | Claude Opus 5.5 (low) · proprietary | 88.5% | API only |
| 73 | Claude Opus 4.8 (low) · proprietary | 88.0% | API only |
| 74 | GPT 5.6 Luna Max · proprietary | 88.0% | API only |
| 75 | GPT 5.6 Luna (xhigh) · proprietary | 87.7% | API only |
| 76 | Grok 4.6 (medium) · proprietary | 87.5% | API only |
| 77 | Qwen3.8 27B · 27.8B | 87.5% | ~17 GB |
| 78 | Grok 4.5 (medium) · proprietary | 87.2% | API only |
| 79 | Grok 4.6 (high) · proprietary | 87.0% | API only |
| 80 | Grok 4.6 (xhigh) · proprietary | 87.0% | API only |
| 81 | GPT 6 Luna Max · proprietary | 86.7% | API only |
| 82 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (high) · proprietary | 86.5% | API only |
| 83 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, xhigh) · proprietary | 86.2% | API only |
| 84 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, medium) · proprietary | 86.2% | API only |
| 85 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 Max · proprietary | 86.0% | API only |
| 86 | GPT 6 Astra None · proprietary | 86.0% | API only |
| 87 | GPT 5.2 Pro (Dec 11, 2025, high) · proprietary | 85.7% | API only |
| 88 | Grok 4.5 (high) · proprietary | 85.7% | API only |
| 89 | Gemini 3.7 Flash (low) · proprietary | 85.2% | API only |
| 90 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview · proprietary | 84.7% | API only |
| 91 | Inkling Small · 266.0B | 84.0% | ~160 GB |
| 92 | GPT 6 Sol (medium) · proprietary | 83.7% | API only |
| 93 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (medium) · proprietary | 83.2% | API only |
| 94 | GPT 5.2 Pro (Dec 11, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 81.2% | API only |
| 95 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 64K) · proprietary | 80.0% | API only |
| 96 | Inkling · 952.4B | 79.5% | ~572 GB |
| 97 | Grok 4.5 (low) · proprietary | 79.2% | API only |
| 98 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, high) · proprietary | 78.7% | API only |
| 99 | GLM 5.2 · 753.3B | 77.0% | ~456 GB |
| 100 | GPT 5.6 Terra (medium) · proprietary | 77.0% | API only |
| 101 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (low) · proprietary | 76.5% | API only |
| 102 | GPT 5.6 Luna (high) · proprietary | 76.5% | API only |
| 103 | GPT 5.5 (low) · proprietary | 76.2% | API only |
| 104 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 75.8% | API only |
| 105 | Gemini 3 Pro Preview · proprietary | 75.0% | API only |
| 106 | Grok 4.6 (low) · proprietary | 74.8% | API only |
| 107 | GPT 5.6 Sol (low) · proprietary | 74.5% | API only |
| 108 | GPT 6 Luna (xhigh) · proprietary | 73.0% | API only |
| 109 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, high) · proprietary | 72.8% | API only |
| 110 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 72.7% | API only |
| 111 | GPT 6 Sol (low) · proprietary | 72.2% | API only |
| 112 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 72.0% | API only |
| 113 | GPT 6 Luna (high) · proprietary | 70.3% | API only |
| 114 | GPT 5 Pro (Oct 06, 2025, high) · proprietary | 70.2% | API only |
| 115 | GPT 5 Pro (Oct 06, 2025, unspecified) · proprietary | 70.2% | API only |
| 116 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, low) · proprietary | 68.2% | API only |
| 117 | Grok 4 (Jul 09) · proprietary | 66.7% | API only |
| 118 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 65.7% | API only |
| 119 | Kimi K2.5 · 1026.9B | 65.3% | ~620 GB |
| 120 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 63.7% | API only |
| 121 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 63.7% | API only |
| 122 | MiniMax M2.5 · 228.7B | 63.7% | ~138 GB |
| 123 | Grok 4.7 (low) · proprietary | 63.3% | API only |
| 124 | GPT 6 Luna (medium) · proprietary | 61.0% | API only |
| 125 | O3 (Apr 16, 2025, high) · proprietary | 60.8% | API only |
| 126 | GPT 5.6 Terra (low) · proprietary | 60.2% | API only |
| 127 | O3 Pro (Jun 10, 2025, high) · proprietary | 59.3% | API only |
| 128 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 8K) · proprietary | 58.7% | API only |
| 129 | O4 Mini (Apr 16, 2025, high) · proprietary | 58.7% | API only |
| 130 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, high) · proprietary | 58.0% | API only |
| 131 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 57.7% | API only |
| 132 | DeepSeek V3.2 · 685.4B | 57.0% | ~415 GB |
| 133 | O3 Pro (Jun 10, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 57.0% | API only |
| 134 | GPT 5.6 Luna (medium) · proprietary | 56.5% | API only |
| 135 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 56.2% | API only |
| 136 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, low) · proprietary | 55.7% | API only |
| 137 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 54.3% | API only |
| 138 | O3 (Apr 16, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 53.8% | API only |
| 139 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (high) · proprietary | 53.5% | API only |
| 140 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 51.5% | API only |
| 141 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) · proprietary | 48.8% | API only |
| 142 | Grok 4 Fast · proprietary | 48.5% | API only |
| 143 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 48.3% | API only |
| 144 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 47.7% | API only |
| 145 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 8K) · proprietary | 46.5% | API only |
| 146 | GLM 5 · 753.9B | 44.7% | ~457 GB |
| 147 | O3 Pro (Jun 10, 2025, low) · proprietary | 44.3% | API only |
| 148 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, low) · proprietary | 44.0% | API only |
| 149 | O4 Mini (Apr 16, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 41.8% | API only |
| 150 | O3 (Apr 16, 2025, low) · proprietary | 41.5% | API only |
| 151 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (16K) · proprietary | 41.0% | API only |
| 152 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, medium) · proprietary | 40.8% | API only |
| 153 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025) · proprietary | 40.0% | API only |
| 154 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 40.0% | API only |
| 155 | Tiny Recursion Model · proprietary | 40.0% | API only |
| 156 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, high) · proprietary | 38.2% | API only |
| 157 | GPT 6 Luna (low) · proprietary | 37.7% | API only |
| 158 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 37.3% | API only |
| 159 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 37.3% | API only |
| 160 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (32K) · proprietary | 37.0% | API only |
| 161 | Claude Opus 4 (May 14, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 35.7% | API only |
| 162 | Gemini 3.6 Flash (minimal) · proprietary | 34.5% | API only |
| 163 | O3 Mini (Jan 31, 2025, high) · proprietary | 34.5% | API only |
| 164 | GPT 5.6 Luna (low) · proprietary | 34.2% | API only |
| 165 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 20, 16K) · proprietary | 33.3% | API only |
| 166 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 20) · proprietary | 33.3% | API only |
| 167 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, low) · proprietary | 33.2% | API only |
| 168 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Mar 25) · proprietary | 33.0% | API only |
| 169 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, medium) · proprietary | 33.0% | API only |
| 170 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 20, 23K) · proprietary | 32.3% | API only |
| 171 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (medium) · proprietary | 32.3% | API only |
| 172 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (24K thinking) (Apr 17) · proprietary | 32.3% | API only |
| 173 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Jun 05, 1K) · proprietary | 31.3% | API only |
| 174 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 1K) · proprietary | 31.0% | API only |
| 175 | O1 (Dec 17, 2024, medium) · proprietary | 30.7% | API only |
| 176 | Claude Opus 4 (May 14, 2025, 8K) · proprietary | 30.7% | API only |
| 177 | Gemini 2.5 Pro (8K) · proprietary | 29.5% | API only |
| 178 | GPT 6 Sol None · proprietary | 29.3% | API only |
| 179 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025, 8K) · proprietary | 29.0% | API only |
| 180 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 28.6% | API only |
| 181 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025, 1K) · proprietary | 28.0% | API only |
| 182 | Codex Mini (May 16, 2025) · proprietary | 27.3% | API only |
| 183 | O1 (Dec 17, 2024, low) · proprietary | 27.2% | API only |
| 184 | Claude Opus 4 (May 14, 2025, 1K) · proprietary | 27.0% | API only |
| 185 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, low) · proprietary | 26.3% | API only |
| 186 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 20, 8K) · proprietary | 25.8% | API only |
| 187 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025, 8K) · proprietary | 25.5% | API only |
| 188 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025) · proprietary | 25.5% | API only |
| 189 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025) · proprietary | 23.8% | API only |
| 190 | O1 Pro (Mar 19, 2025, low) · proprietary | 23.3% | API only |
| 191 | Claude Opus 4 (May 14, 2025) · proprietary | 22.5% | API only |
| 192 | O3 Mini (Jan 31, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 22.3% | API only |
| 193 | O4 Mini (Apr 16, 2025, low) · proprietary | 21.3% | API only |
| 194 | DeepSeek R1 0528 · 684.5B | 21.2% | ~415 GB |
| 195 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025, 8K) · proprietary | 21.2% | API only |
| 196 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 20.7% | API only |
| 197 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, low) · proprietary | 18.3% | API only |
| 198 | O1 Preview (Sep 12, 2024) · proprietary | 18.0% | API only |
| 199 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (low) · proprietary | 17.0% | API only |
| 200 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025, 1K) · proprietary | 16.8% | API only |
| 201 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 16.7% | API only |
| 202 | Grok 3 Mini (low) · proprietary | 16.5% | API only |
| 203 | Grok 3 Mini Beta (low) · proprietary | 16.5% | API only |
| 204 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (May 20, 1K) · proprietary | 16.0% | API only |
| 205 | DeepSeek R1 · 684.5B | 15.8% | ~415 GB |
| 206 | O3 Mini (Jan 31, 2025, low) · proprietary | 14.5% | API only |
| 207 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025) · proprietary | 14.3% | API only |
| 208 | O1 Mini (Sep 12, 2024, medium) · proprietary | 14.0% | API only |
| 209 | O1 Mini (Sep 12, 2024, unspecified) · proprietary | 14.0% | API only |
| 210 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025) · proprietary | 13.6% | API only |
| 211 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, low) · proprietary | 13.0% | API only |
| 212 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, unspecified) · proprietary | 12.3% | API only |
| 213 | GPT 5.2 2025 12.11 None · proprietary | 12.3% | API only |
| 214 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025, 1K) · proprietary | 11.6% | API only |
| 215 | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 · 235.1B | 11.0% | ~142 GB |
| 216 | GPT 4.5 Preview (Feb 27, 2025) · proprietary | 10.3% | API only |
| 217 | GPT 6 Luna None · proprietary | 8.8% | API only |
| 218 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (minimal) · proprietary | 7.5% | API only |
| 219 | Magistral Medium 2506 · proprietary | 6.1% | API only |
| 220 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, minimal) · proprietary | 6.0% | API only |
| 221 | GPT 5.1 2025 11.13 None · proprietary | 5.8% | API only |
| 222 | GPT 4.1 (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 5.5% | API only |
| 223 | Grok 3 · proprietary | 5.5% | API only |
| 224 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, minimal) · proprietary | 5.3% | API only |
| 225 | Magistral Small 2506 · 23.6B | 5.0% | ~15 GB |
| 226 | GPT 4o (Nov 20, 2024) · proprietary | 4.5% | API only |
| 227 | Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct · 401.6B | 4.4% | ~265 GB |
| 228 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, low) · proprietary | 4.0% | API only |
| 229 | GPT 4.1 Mini (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 3.5% | API only |
| 230 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, minimal) · proprietary | 1.5% | API only |
| 231 | Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct · 108.6B | 0.5% | ~72 GB |
| 232 | GPT 4.1 Nano (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 0.0% | API only |
Score vs model size
Which models give the most quality for their size — the ones worth running locally.
- Magistral Small 2506, 24B, score 5.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- Qwen3.8 27B, 28B, score 87.5% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, 304B, score 89.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- GLM 5.3 Flash, 321B, score 91.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, 763B, score 94.5% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
ARC-AGI: frequently asked questions
- What is the best open LLM on ARC-AGI?
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the top open model on ARC-AGI, scoring 94.5%. Among all models tested — including proprietary ones — it ranks #35. The top model overall is Claude Fable 5 (xhigh) (Anthropic) at 98.5%.
- What's the best ARC-AGI model you can run on a 24 GB GPU?
- Qwen3.8 27B is the highest-scoring open model that fits in 24 GB at 4-bit quantization (~17 GB), scoring 87.5% on ARC-AGI.
- Can open models match proprietary models on ARC-AGI?
- Not quite on ARC-AGI: the strongest proprietary model (Claude Fable 5 (xhigh)) scores 98.5%, ahead of the best open model (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) at 94.5% — but you can run the open one yourself.
Scores aggregated from epoch. llmrun does not run this benchmark — see the source for methodology, or the about benchmarks for what it measures.