Skip to content

Best AI Models for Reasoning

AI models ranked by reasoning ability using GPQA, ARC-Challenge, BIG-Bench Hard, and Humanity's Last Exam scores.

Last updated: 20m ago
#1 Model

GPT-4o

Score: 76.5

Average Score

44.2

Across all ranked models

Models Ranked

42

With benchmark data

Weights:GPQA (40%)ARC-Challenge (20%)BIG-Bench Hard (20%)Humanity's Last Exam (20%)

Top Best for Reasoning Models by Weighted Score

Top 15 models by weighted score

LMMarketCap.com

Benchmark Breakdown

Per-benchmark scores for top 10 models

GPQA
ARC-Challenge
BIG-Bench Hard
Humanity's Last Exam
LMMarketCap.com
#ModelScore
1GPT-4oOpenAI76.5
2GPT-4o-miniOpenAI75.1
3Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta74.8
4Gemma 2 27BGoogle72.2
5DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek68.2
6DeepSeek V3DeepSeek67.8
7R1 0528DeepSeek67
8Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta64.2
9Mistral LargeMistral AI62
10Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic60.8
11Llama 4 ScoutMeta58.9
12GPT-5.4OpenAI55.7
13Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic55.1
14GPT-5.2OpenAI54.6
15GPT-5OpenAI53.3
16Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle52.4
17o3OpenAI52.3
18Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle52.1
19Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic51.9
20Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic51.1
21Phi 4Microsoft49.7
22GPT-5.1OpenAI48.7
23Claude Fable 5Anthropic45.7
24Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic43.4
25GPT-6 AstraOpenAI42.5
26Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle41.3
27Gemma 4 31BGoogle39.9
28Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic38.6
29Llama 4 MaverickMeta38.3
30GPT-4.1OpenAI38
31Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic36.3
32Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle34.5
33GPT-5.5OpenAI32.1
34Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic23.3
35GPT-5 MiniOpenAI15.1
36Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere14.6
37Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba13
38Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta12.9
39Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta10.3
40Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle6.7
41Crouton Alphastealth3.6
42Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI3.5

How scores are calculated

Each model's score is a weighted average of its available benchmark results. When a model is missing some benchmarks, the weights are re-normalized across the benchmarks that are available. All scores are on a 0-100 scale. Data sourced from official model cards, published papers, and third-party evaluation platforms.

Frequently Asked Questions

Based on our benchmark analysis, GPT-4o by OpenAI is currently the #1 ranked model for reasoning, with a weighted score of 76.5/100.

Models are ranked using a weighted average of GPQA, ARC-Challenge, BIG-Bench Hard, Humanity's Last Exam benchmark scores. All scores are normalized to a 0-100 scale.

We currently rank 42 models that have relevant benchmark data for reasoning tasks.

Best AI Models for Reasoning (2026) | LM Market Cap