Reasoning
GPQA Diamond Leaderboard
GPQA Diamond is a set of extremely hard, graduate-level science questions (physics, chemistry, biology) written by domain experts and filtered so that skilled non-experts with web access still fail. It measures genuine reasoning rather than memorization.
Source: epoch46 open models ranked+136 proprietaryData through Jul 2026
All models ranked on GPQA Diamond
Proprietary / closed models are shown dimmed — you can't run them locally, but they show where the open field stands.
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT 5.4 Pro (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 94.6% |
| 2 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview · proprietary | 94.1% |
| 3 | GPT 5.5 Pre Release (xhigh) · proprietary | 94.0% |
| 4 | GPT 5.5 Pro Pre Release (xhigh) · proprietary | 93.9% |
| 5 | GPT 5.6 Sol Max · proprietary | 93.5% |
| 6 | Grok 4.5 (high) · proprietary | 93.4% |
| 7 | GPT 5.6 Terra Max · proprietary | 93.3% |
| 8 | GPT 5.4 (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh) · proprietary | 93.3% |
| 9 | Kimi K3 Max · proprietary | 93.1% |
| 10 | Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) · proprietary | 92.8% |
| 11 | Gemini 3 Pro Preview · proprietary | 92.6% |
| 12 | GLM 5.2 Max · proprietary | 91.9% |
| 13 | GPT 5.6 Luna Max · proprietary | 91.6% |
| 14 | Qwen3.7 Max · proprietary | 91.6% |
| 15 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, xhigh) · proprietary | 91.4% |
| 16 | Claude Opus 4.8 Max · proprietary | 91.0% |
| 17 | Kimi K2.6 · 1058.6B | 90.8% |
| 18 | GPT 5.5 (low) · proprietary | 90.7% |
| 19 | Claude Opus 4.6 (32K) · proprietary | 90.5% |
| 20 | Claude Sonnet 5 (xhigh) · proprietary | 90.5% |
| 21 | Claude Opus 4.7 (xhigh) · proprietary | 90.1% |
| 22 | Muse Spark · proprietary | 89.8% |
| 23 | DeepSeek V4 Pro · 861.6B | 89.6% |
| 24 | Kimi K2.7 Code · 1058.6B | 89.5% |
| 25 | Grok 4.20 0309 Reasoning · proprietary | 89.3% |
| 26 | Qwen3.6 Max Preview · proprietary | 89.1% |
| 27 | Grok 4.3 (high) · proprietary | 88.8% |
| 28 | Claude Opus 4.6 (64K) · proprietary | 88.8% |
| 29 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, high) · proprietary | 88.2% |
| 30 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 87.9% |
| 31 | GLM 5 · 753.9B | 87.8% |
| 32 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, high) · proprietary | 87.6% |
| 33 | Kimi K2.5 · 1058.6B | 87.6% |
| 34 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (32K) · proprietary | 87.4% |
| 35 | Qwen3.6 Plus · proprietary | 87.4% |
| 36 | Grok 4 (Jul 09) · proprietary | 87.0% |
| 37 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 86.2% |
| 38 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 86.1% |
| 39 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 85.5% |
| 40 | GLM 5.1 · 753.9B | 85.5% |
| 41 | GPT 5 (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 85.4% |
| 42 | Gemini 2.5 Pro · proprietary | 85.3% |
| 43 | GPT 5.1 (Nov 13, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 85.0% |
| 44 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (Jun 05) · proprietary | 84.9% |
| 45 | Qwen3.6 Flash · proprietary | 84.4% |
| 46 | Kimi K2 Thinking · 1058.1B | 84.2% |
| 47 | Qwen3.5 Plus · proprietary | 84.2% |
| 48 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp (Mar 25) · proprietary | 83.8% |
| 49 | Qwen3.5 Flash · proprietary | 83.8% |
| 50 | GPT 5.4 Mini (Mar 17, 2026, high) · proprietary | 83.6% |
| 51 | DeepSeek Reasoner · proprietary | 83.4% |
| 52 | GLM 4.7 · 358.3B | 83.3% |
| 53 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview · proprietary | 83.2% |
| 54 | GPT 5.2 (Dec 11, 2025, low) · proprietary | 82.7% |
| 55 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 59K) · proprietary | 82.3% |
| 56 | O3 (Apr 16, 2025, high) · proprietary | 81.8% |
| 57 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 81.7% |
| 58 | Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 01, 2025) · proprietary | 80.7% |
| 59 | Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 · 235.1B | 80.0% |
| 60 | O4 Mini (Apr 16, 2025, high) · proprietary | 79.6% |
| 61 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 78.8% |
| 62 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025, 64K) · proprietary | 78.5% |
| 63 | GPT 5.4 Nano (Mar 17, 2026, high) · proprietary | 78.5% |
| 64 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 78.3% |
| 65 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025, 59K) · proprietary | 77.8% |
| 66 | Claude Opus 4.1 (Aug 05, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 77.3% |
| 67 | O3 Mini (Jan 31, 2025, high) · proprietary | 77.0% |
| 68 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 76.8% |
| 69 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 76.8% |
| 70 | Claude Opus 4.1 (Aug 05, 2025, 27K) · proprietary | 76.8% |
| 71 | O1 (Dec 17, 2024, high) · proprietary | 76.8% |
| 72 | DeepSeek R1 0528 · 684.5B | 76.3% |
| 73 | Claude Opus 4 (May 14, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 76.3% |
| 74 | Grok 3 Mini Beta (low) · proprietary | 76.3% |
| 75 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025, 16K) · proprietary | 75.8% |
| 76 | GPT OSS 120B · 120.4B | 75.8% |
| 77 | O1 (Dec 17, 2024, medium) · proprietary | 75.8% |
| 78 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 75.0% |
| 79 | Grok 3 Mini Beta (high) · proprietary | 74.6% |
| 80 | O3 Mini (Jan 31, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 74.3% |
| 81 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Sep 29, 2025) · proprietary | 73.7% |
| 82 | Claude Opus 4.1 (Aug 05, 2025) · proprietary | 73.2% |
| 83 | Qwen3 Max (Sep 23, 2025) · proprietary | 72.6% |
| 84 | GPT 5 Mini (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 71.7% |
| 85 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025, 32K) · proprietary | 71.2% |
| 86 | Qwen3 235B A22B · 235.1B | 70.7% |
| 87 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, high) · proprietary | 69.4% |
| 88 | DeepSeek R1 · 684.5B | 69.2% |
| 89 | Claude Opus 4 (May 14, 2025) · proprietary | 69.2% |
| 90 | GPT 4.5 Preview (Feb 27, 2025) · proprietary | 68.7% |
| 91 | DeepSeek v3 0324 · 684.5B | 67.6% |
| 92 | Grok 3 Beta · proprietary | 67.6% |
| 93 | GPT 5 Nano (Aug 07, 2025, medium) · proprietary | 67.4% |
| 94 | Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct · 401.6B | 67.0% |
| 95 | GPT 4.1 (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 66.9% |
| 96 | Claude Sonnet 4 (May 14, 2025) · proprietary | 66.7% |
| 97 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (May 06) · proprietary | 66.7% |
| 98 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Feb 19, 2025) · proprietary | 66.0% |
| 99 | GPT 4.1 Mini (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 65.8% |
| 100 | Gemini 2.0 Pro Exp (Feb 05) · proprietary | 65.7% |
| 101 | QwQ Plus · proprietary | 65.4% |
| 102 | Gemini 2.0 Flash 001 · proprietary | 64.1% |
| 103 | O1 Mini (Sep 12, 2024, high) · proprietary | 62.4% |
| 104 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Oct 01, 2025) · proprietary | 60.5% |
| 105 | Mistral Medium 2505 · proprietary | 59.5% |
| 106 | O1 Mini (Sep 12, 2024, medium) · proprietary | 59.5% |
| 107 | Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 · proprietary | 57.2% |
| 108 | Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Exp (Jan 21) · proprietary | 57.1% |
| 109 | DeepSeek v3 · 684.5B | 56.5% |
| 110 | Qwen Max (Jan 25, 2025) · proprietary | 56.1% |
| 111 | Phi 4 · 14.7B | 56.1% |
| 112 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B · 70.6B | 55.7% |
| 113 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct 22, 2024) · proprietary | 55.3% |
| 114 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Jun 20, 2024) · proprietary | 54.0% |
| 115 | Grok 2 (Dec 12) · proprietary | 53.8% |
| 116 | Llama 4 Scout 17B 16E Instruct · 108.6B | 51.8% |
| 117 | Mistral Large 2411 · proprietary | 51.3% |
| 118 | Llama 3.1 405B Instruct · 405.9B | 50.9% |
| 119 | O1 Preview (Sep 12, 2024) · proprietary | 50.3% |
| 120 | GPT 4o (Aug 06, 2024) · proprietary | 49.2% |
| 121 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · 72.7B | 49.1% |
| 122 | Mistral Large 2407 · proprietary | 49.0% |
| 123 | GPT 4.1 Nano (Apr 14, 2025) · proprietary | 48.9% |
| 124 | GPT 4o (May 13, 2024) · proprietary | 48.9% |
| 125 | Gemma 3 27B IT · 27.4B | 48.9% |
| 126 | Magistral Small 2506 · 23.6B | 48.4% |
| 127 | Qwen Plus (Jan 25, 2025) · proprietary | 48.1% |
| 128 | GPT 4o (Nov 20, 2024) · proprietary | 47.9% |
| 129 | Mistral Small 2503 · proprietary | 47.5% |
| 130 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct · 70.6B | 47.4% |
| 131 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 · proprietary | 47.3% |
| 132 | Claude 3 Opus (Feb 29, 2024) · proprietary | 47.2% |
| 133 | GPT 4 Turbo (Apr 09, 2024) · proprietary | 46.6% |
| 134 | Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 70B DPO · 70.6B | 46.3% |
| 135 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct · 32.8B | 46.1% |
| 136 | Gemini 1.5 Pro 001 · proprietary | 45.9% |
| 137 | Mistral Small 2501 · proprietary | 45.3% |
| 138 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B · 14.8B | 44.7% |
| 139 | Llama 3.1 70B Instruct · 70.6B | 44.2% |
| 140 | WizardLM 2 8x22B · 140.6B | 43.4% |
| 141 | GPT 4 1106 Preview · proprietary | 42.4% |
| 142 | GPT 4 0125 Preview · proprietary | 42.3% |
| 143 | Qwen Turbo (Nov 01, 2024) · proprietary | 41.8% |
| 144 | Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct · 88.6B | 41.0% |
| 145 | Qwen2 72B Instruct · 72.7B | 40.8% |
| 146 | Claude 3 Sonnet (Feb 29, 2024) · proprietary | 40.6% |
| 147 | Meta Llama 3 70B Instruct · 70.6B | 40.6% |
| 148 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 001 · proprietary | 40.4% |
| 149 | Mistral Large 2402 · proprietary | 38.8% |
| 150 | Claude 3.5 Haiku (Oct 22, 2024) · proprietary | 38.1% |
| 151 | GPT 4o Mini (Jul 18, 2024) · proprietary | 37.7% |
| 152 | Hermes 2 Theta Llama 3 70B · 70.6B | 37.5% |
| 153 | Gemma 2 27B IT · 27.2B | 36.5% |
| 154 | Claude 3 Haiku (Mar 07, 2024) · proprietary | 36.3% |
| 155 | GPT 4 (Mar 14) · proprietary | 35.7% |
| 156 | Claude 2.0 · proprietary | 34.7% |
| 157 | Open Mixtral 8x22b · proprietary | 34.1% |
| 158 | Gemini 1.0 Pro 001 · proprietary | 34.0% |
| 159 | Eurus 2 7B PRIME · 7.6B | 33.9% |
| 160 | Claude 2.1 · proprietary | 33.0% |
| 161 | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B 001 · proprietary | 33.0% |
| 162 | Dbrx Instruct · proprietary | 32.9% |
| 163 | Yi 1.5 34B Chat · 34.4B | 32.0% |
| 164 | Qwen1.5 32B Chat · 32.5B | 30.7% |
| 165 | GPT 4 (Jun 13) · proprietary | 30.6% |
| 166 | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1 · 46.7B | 30.6% |
| 167 | Open Mistral Nemo 2407 · proprietary | 29.9% |
| 168 | Open Mixtral 8x7b · proprietary | 29.8% |
| 169 | Qwen1.5 72B Chat · 72.3B | 28.8% |
| 170 | GPT 3.5 Turbo (Nov 06) · proprietary | 28.0% |
| 171 | Phi 3 Medium 128K Instruct · proprietary | 27.6% |
| 172 | Gemma 2 9B IT · 9.2B | 27.5% |
| 173 | GPT 3.5 Turbo (Jan 25) · proprietary | 27.2% |
| 174 | Ministral 8B 2410 · proprietary | 27.2% |
| 175 | Llama 2 70B Chat HF · 69.0B | 26.3% |
| 176 | Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct · 8.0B | 26.1% |
| 177 | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · 8.0B | 25.9% |
| 178 | Ministral 3B 2410 · proprietary | 25.3% |
| 179 | Deepseek Llm 67B Chat · 67B | 24.6% |
| 180 | Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 · 7.2B | 15.2% |
| 181 | Yi 34B Chat · 34.4B | 14.7% |
| 182 | Open Mistral 7B · proprietary | 13.2% |
Score vs model size
Which models give the most quality for their size — the ones worth running locally.
- Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3, 7B, score 15.2% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- Eurus 2 7B PRIME, 8B, score 33.9% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- Phi 4, 15B, score 56.1% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- GPT OSS 120B, 120B, score 75.8% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507, 235B, score 80.0% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- GLM 4.7, 358B, score 83.3% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- GLM 5, 754B, score 87.8% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- DeepSeek V4 Pro, 862B, score 89.6% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
- Kimi K2.6, 1.1T, score 90.8% — on the efficiency frontier (best score at its size or smaller).
GPQA Diamond: frequently asked questions
- What is the best open LLM on GPQA Diamond?
- Kimi K2.6 is the top open model on GPQA Diamond, scoring 90.8%. Among all models tested — including proprietary ones — it ranks #17. The top model overall is GPT 5.4 Pro (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh) (OpenAI) at 94.6%.
- What's the best GPQA Diamond model you can run on a 24 GB GPU?
- Phi 4 is the highest-scoring open model that fits in 24 GB at 4-bit quantization (about 8 GB), scoring 56.1% on GPQA Diamond.
- What's the best GPQA Diamond model you can run on a 12 GB GPU?
- Phi 4 is the highest-scoring open model that fits in 12 GB at 4-bit quantization (about 8 GB), scoring 56.1% on GPQA Diamond.
- Can open models match proprietary models on GPQA Diamond?
- Not quite on GPQA Diamond: the strongest proprietary model (GPT 5.4 Pro (Mar 05, 2026, xhigh)) scores 94.6%, ahead of the best open model (Kimi K2.6) at 90.8% — 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.