Agents & tool use AI benchmarks
Multi-step tasks an agent completes alone in a terminal. 2 public leaderboards below.
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Hard, multi-step tasks an agent must complete on its own in a command-line environment.
Run by Vals AI (benchmark by Terminal-Bench team). Leaderboard as of 19 Oct 2026 · retrieved 21 Oct 2026. Showing top 25 of 52 models listed.
- Anthropic
- OpenAI
- xAI
- Meta
- DeepSeek
- Alibaba
- Z.ai
- MiniMax
- Mistral
- Xiaomi
- Other
- Score
- Share of terminal tasks completed and verified by tests.
- Cost per test (USD)
- Average API cost per task, as published.
| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Cost per test (USD) | Harness | Price in / out ($/1M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 65.15% | $13 | Mini-SWE-agent | $4 / $20 |
| 2 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | 64.14% | $17 | Mini-SWE-agent | $2 / $10 |
| 3 | GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | 59.60% | $9.58 | Mini-SWE-agent | $10 / $50 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 58.08% | $17 | Mini-SWE-agent | $10 / $50 |
| 5 | Wonder Full | Meta | 58.08% | $11 | Mini-SWE-agent | $4 / $20 |
| 6 | Gemini 4 Argon | 57.58% | $18 | Mini-SWE-agent | $4 / $20 | |
| 7 | GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | 55.05% | $1.72 | Mini-SWE-agent | $2 / $10 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | 53.53% | $19 | Mini-SWE-agent | $5 / $25 |
| 9 | Wonder | Meta | 49.49% | $15 | Mini-SWE-agent | $4 / $20 |
| 10 | GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | 44.44% | $5.79 | Mini-SWE-agent | $2 / $10 |
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| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Cost per test (USD) | Harness | Price in / out ($/1M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 41.41% | $30 | Mini-SWE-agent | $10 / $50 |
| 12 | GLM 5.3 | Z.ai | 38.89% | $9.37 | Mini-SWE-agent | $1.4 / $4.4 |
| 13 | GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 37.88% | $7.98 | Mini-SWE-agent | $4 / $20 |
| 14 | GLM 5.3 Flash | Z.ai | 37.37% | $1.22 | Mini-SWE-agent | $0.075 / $0.25 |
| 15 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | 36.36% | $3.12 | Mini-SWE-agent | $0.1 / $0.5 |
| 16 | Qwen 3.8 Max | Alibaba | 34.34% | $11 | Mini-SWE-agent | $2 / $6 |
| 17 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | DeepSeek | 31.82% | $0.54 | Mini-SWE-agent | $0.3 / $1.2 |
| 18 | Step 5 Preview | Other | 31.82% | $3.11 | Mini-SWE-agent | $1 / $2.7 |
| 19 | MiMo V2.6 Pro | Xiaomi | 31.31% | $0.50 | Mini-SWE-agent | $0.435 / $0.87 |
| 20 | Grok 4.7 | xAI | 28.79% | $18 | Mini-SWE-agent | $2 / $6 |
| 21 | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral | 27.78% | $10 | Mini-SWE-agent | $1.36 / $4.18 |
| 22 | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | MiniMax | 25.25% | $0.73 | Mini-SWE-agent | $0.15 / $0.6 |
| 23 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | Meta | 24.75% | $6.65 | Mini-SWE-agent | $1.25 / $4.25 |
| 24 | MiMo V2.6 Flash | Xiaomi | 24.24% | $0.22 | Mini-SWE-agent | $0.14 / $0.28 |
| 25 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 23.23% | $17 | Mini-SWE-agent | $5 / $25 |
Source: Vals AI leaderboard ↗ · Terminal-Bench project ↗
Top model here: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic). Try prompts for Claude →
Terminal-Bench 2.1
The earlier, widely reported Terminal-Bench task set for command-line agents.
Run by Vals AI (benchmark by Terminal-Bench team). Leaderboard as of 28 Sep 2026 · retrieved 21 Oct 2026. Showing top 25 of 76 models listed.
- Anthropic
- OpenAI
- xAI
- Meta
- DeepSeek
- Moonshot
- Xiaomi
- Score
- Share of terminal tasks completed and verified by tests.
- Cost per test (USD)
- Average API cost per task, as published.
| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Cost per test (USD) | Harness | Price in / out ($/1M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 87.64% | $0.50 | Terminus 2 | $4 / $20 |
| 2 | GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | 87.27% | $1.34 | Terminus 2 | $10 / $50 |
| 3 | GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | 85.77% | $1.02 | Terminus 2 | $4 / $20 |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 85.02% | $3.07 | Terminus 2 | $10 / $50 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | 84.64% | $0.89 | Terminus 2 | $5 / $25 |
| 6 | GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | 83.15% | $0.37 | Terminus 2 | $2 / $10 |
| 7 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | 83.15% | $0.63 | Terminus 2 | $2 / $10 |
| 8 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 81.27% | $1.54 | Terminus 2 | $1.5 / $7.5 | |
| 9 | Kimi K3 | Moonshot | 80.90% | $0.34 | Terminus 2 | $3 / $15 |
| 10 | Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | 80.52% | $1.43 | Terminus 2 | $10 / $50 |
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| Rank | Model | Provider | Score | Cost per test (USD) | Harness | Price in / out ($/1M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | 79.03% | $0.050 | Terminus 2 | $0.2 / $1.2 |
| 12 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | Meta | 79.03% | $0.60 | Terminus 2 | $1.25 / $4.25 |
| 13 | Grok 4.6 | xAI | 78.28% | $0.45 | Terminus 2 | $2 / $6 |
| 14 | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 77.53% | $1.02 | Terminus 2 | $1.5 / $7.5 | |
| 15 | GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | 77.53% | $0.47 | Terminus 2 | $2 / $12 |
| 16 | GPT 5.5 | OpenAI | 76.40% | $0.74 | Terminus 2 | $5 / $30 |
| 17 | MiMo V2.6 Flash | Xiaomi | 76.40% | $0.020 | Terminus 2 | $0.14 / $0.28 |
| 18 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | 74.53% | $0.10 | Terminus 2 | $0.3 / $1.2 |
| 19 | Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | 74.53% | $0.53 | Terminus 2 | $2 / $10 |
| 20 | Gemini 3.5 Flash | 74.16% | $0.87 | Terminus 2 | $1.5 / $9 | |
| 21 | Gemini 3.6 Flash | 73.78% | $1.17 | Terminus 2 | $1.5 / $7.5 | |
| 22 | Grok 4.7 | xAI | 73.41% | $1.08 | Terminus 2 | $2 / $6 |
| 23 | GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | 73.03% | $0.030 | Terminus 2 | $0.1 / $0.5 |
| 24 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | 72.28% | $0.66 | Terminus 2 | $1.25 / $4.25 |
| 25 | Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | 71.91% | $2.41 | Terminus 2 | $5 / $25 |
Source: Vals AI leaderboard ↗ · Terminal-Bench project ↗
Top model here: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic). Try prompts for Claude →
ChatJudge does not run these tests. Scores are copied as published by each source, with a link and the date we read them, and only change when we refresh from the source. Different leaderboards use different settings, so compare models within one chart, not across charts. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
