BullshitBench
Models get prompts built on nonsensical premises. A three-judge model panel grades whether each answer pushes back clearly, challenges partly or accepts the nonsense.
Repo has about 1,900 GitHub stars. The V1 question set stays unchanged after V2.
- Level
- Everyday Most adults, without training
- Scored
- Graded by a model A language model scores each response, usually against a rubric.
- Answers
- Open-ended Free-form text, documents, designs or media judged as a whole.
Claude Opus 4.8 leads with 96.4%
Best score per entry from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on 2 Nov 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart. Names in gray aren't in our model list: fine-tunes, agent systems, products and older models. They don't count toward leaders.
- 96.4 Claude Opus 4.8
- 94.5 Claude Sonnet 4.6
- 92.7 Claude Opus 4.6
- 90.9 Claude Opus 4.5
- 87.3 Claude Haiku 4.5
- 87.3
Qwen 3.8 Max
- 80.0 Claude Opus 4.7
- 76.4
Qwen 3.8 27B
- 71.7 Claude Fable 5.1
- 67.3 Grok 4.20 Multi-agent
- 65.5 Claude Sonnet 4.5
- 65.5
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
- 65.5
Nemotron 3 Super
- 65.5 Claude Sonnet 5
- 63.6 Grok 4.6
- 61.8 Grok 4.20
- 61.8 Grok 4.3
- 60.0 Grok 4.5
- 60.0 Claude Opus 5
- 58.2 Claude 3.5 Haiku
- 58.2 Kimi K3
- 54.5
Llama 4 Maverick
- 53.7 Claude Opus 5.5
- 52.7 Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- 52.7 Claude 3.7 Sonnet
- 52.7
Qwen3.7-Max
- 52.7
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- 50.9 GLM-5.3
- 47.3 Kimi K2.5
- 47.3
MiniMax-M3
- 47.3 GPT-6 Astra
- 45.5 MiMo-V2.5-Pro
- 43.6 stealth/ox-alpha
- 41.8
Nemotron 3 Ultra
- 41.8
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- 41.8 GPT-6 Sol
- 40.0 openai/gpt-6-luna-pro
- 40.0 Claude Opus 4.1
- 40.0
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
- 40.0
Muse Spark 1.2
- 40.0 GPT-6 Luna
- 38.2 openai/gpt-6-sol-pro
- 36.4
Llama 4 Scout
- 36.4 GPT-5.1 Instant
- 36.4 GPT-5.2 Codex
- 34.5
Llama 3.1-8B
- 34.5 GPT-5.6 Terra
- 32.7 openrouter/hunter-alpha
- 32.7 Claude Opus 4
- 32.7
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
- 30.9 GPT-5-Codex
- 30.9
Gemini 3 Pro
- 30.9 MiMo-V2.5
- 29.1 openrouter/healer-alpha
- 29.1 GPT-5.1-Codex
- 27.3 GPT-5.2
- 27.3
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B
- 27.3 GPT-5.3 Instant
- 27.3 GPT-5.5
- 27.3 GPT-5.6 Sol
- 25.4 Claude Sonnet 4
- 25.4 GPT-5.1
- 25.4
Step 3.5 Flash
- 25.4 GPT-5.4
- 25.4 GPT-5.4 Mini
- 25.4 GPT-5.6 Luna
- 23.6 o3
- 23.6
Gemini 2.5 Pro
- 23.6
Laguna S 2.1
- 23.6
Gemini 3.7 Flash
- 21.8 GPT-5
- 21.8
Gemini 3.1 Pro
- 21.8
Gemma 4 31B IT
- 20.0
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B
- 20.0 Kimi K2
- 20.0 GLM-5
- 20.0
Trinity Large Thinking
- 18.2 Claude 3 Haiku
- 18.2 GLM-5.2
- 18.2
Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 16.4 GPT-4o
- 16.4 MiMo-V2-Flash
- 16.4
MiniMax-M2.5
- 16.4 GPT-5.4 Nano
- 16.4
DeepSeek-V4-Flash
- 14.6 baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b
- 14.6 openai/gpt-5.5-chat
- 14.6 GPT-4.1
- 14.6 GLM-4.5
- 14.6 GPT-5 Chat
- 14.6
Gemini 2.5 Flash
- 14.6 Grok 4.1 Fast
- 14.6
DeepSeek-V3.2
- 14.6 GPT-5.2 Instant
- 14.6 GPT-5.3 Codex
- 14.6
Gemma 4 26B A4B
- 14.6
DeepSeek-V4-Pro
- 12.7
Gemini 2.0 Flash
- 12.7
DeepSeek-R1
- 12.7
ERNIE-4.5-300B-A47B
- 12.7 INTELLECT-3
- 12.7
Tencent Hy3 preview
- 10.9 o4-mini
- 10.9
Doubao-Seed-1.6
- 10.9
Gemini 3 Flash
- 9.09
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
- 9.09
Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 7.27 GPT-4o mini
- 7.27
Qwen3-235B-A22B
- 7.27 Jamba 1.7 Large
- 7.27 nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2
- 5.45 deepseek/deepseek-chat
- 3.64
Gemma 3 27B
- 3.64 gpt-oss-120b
- 3.64
Mistral Large 3
- 1 Claude Opus 4.8 none 96.4%
- 2 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none 94.5%
- 3 Claude Opus 4.6 none 92.7%
- 4 Claude Opus 4.5 high 90.9%
- 5 Claude Haiku 4.5 high 87.3%
- 6
Qwen 3.8 Max minimal 87.3%
- 7 Claude Opus 4.7 none 80%
- 8
Qwen 3.8 27B none 76.4%
- 9 Claude Fable 5.1 low 71.7%
- 10 Grok 4.20 Multi-agent xhigh 67.3%
- 11 Claude Sonnet 4.5 high 65.5%
- 12
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B none 65.5%
- 13
Nemotron 3 Super xhigh 65.5%
- 14 Claude Sonnet 5 low 65.5%
- 15 Grok 4.6 minimal 63.6%
- 16 Grok 4.20 low 61.8%
- 17 Grok 4.3 minimal 61.8%
- 18 Grok 4.5 high 60%
- 19 Claude Opus 5 low 60%
- 20 Claude 3.5 Haiku 58.2%
- 21 Kimi K3 minimal 58.2%
- 22
Llama 4 Maverick 54.5%
- 23 Claude Opus 5.5 low 53.7%
- 24 Claude 3.5 Sonnet 52.7%
- 25 Claude 3.7 Sonnet thinking 52.7%
- 26
Qwen3.7-Max none 52.7%
- 27
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite minimal 52.7%
- 28 GLM-5.3 minimal 50.9%
- 29 Kimi K2.5 none 47.3%
- 30
MiniMax-M3 xhigh 47.3%
- 31 GPT-6 Astra max 47.3%
- 32 MiMo-V2.5-Pro xhigh 45.5%
- 33 stealth/ox-alpha low 43.6%
- 34
Nemotron 3 Ultra none 41.8%
- 35
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash max 41.8%
- 36 GPT-6 Sol max 41.8%
- 37 openai/gpt-6-luna-pro none 40%
- 38 Claude Opus 4.1 none 40%
- 39
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 xhigh 40%
- 40
Muse Spark 1.2 minimal 40%
- 41 GPT-6 Luna none 40%
- 42 openai/gpt-6-sol-pro none 38.2%
- 43
Llama 4 Scout 36.4%
- 44 GPT-5.1 Instant 36.4%
- 45 GPT-5.2 Codex low 36.4%
- 46
Llama 3.1-8B 34.5%
- 47 GPT-5.6 Terra max 34.5%
- 48 openrouter/hunter-alpha none 32.7%
- 49 Claude Opus 4 32.7%
- 50
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 max 32.7%
- 51 GPT-5-Codex 30.9%
- 52
Gemini 3 Pro low 30.9%
- 53 MiMo-V2.5 none 30.9%
- 54 openrouter/healer-alpha none 29.1%
- 55 GPT-5.1-Codex 29.1%
- 56 GPT-5.2 none 27.3%
- 57
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B none 27.3%
- 58 GPT-5.3 Instant 27.3%
- 59 GPT-5.5 none 27.3%
- 60 GPT-5.6 Sol max 27.3%
- 61 Claude Sonnet 4 none 25.4%
- 62 GPT-5.1 25.4%
- 63
Step 3.5 Flash minimal 25.4%
- 64 GPT-5.4 none 25.4%
- 65 GPT-5.4 Mini xhigh 25.4%
- 66 GPT-5.6 Luna low 25.4%
- 67 o3 low 23.6%
- 68
Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 23.6%
- 69
Laguna S 2.1 xhigh 23.6%
- 70
Gemini 3.7 Flash minimal 23.6%
- 71 GPT-5 21.8%
- 72
Gemini 3.1 Pro low 21.8%
- 73
Gemma 4 31B IT high 21.8%
- 74
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B 20%
- 75 Kimi K2 Sep 2025 20%
- 76 GLM-5 high 20%
- 77
Trinity Large Thinking xhigh 20%
- 78 Claude 3 Haiku 18.2%
- 79 GLM-5.2 xhigh 18.2%
- 80
Gemini 3.6 Flash minimal 18.2%
- 81 GPT-4o Aug 2024 16.4%
- 82 MiMo-V2-Flash none 16.4%
- 83
MiniMax-M2.5 high 16.4%
- 84 GPT-5.4 Nano none 16.4%
- 85
DeepSeek-V4-Flash none 16.4%
- 86 baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b xhigh 14.6%
- 87 openai/gpt-5.5-chat 14.6%
- 88 GPT-4.1 14.6%
- 89 GLM-4.5 xhigh 14.6%
- 90 GPT-5 Chat 14.6%
- 91
Gemini 2.5 Flash Sep 2025 14.6%
- 92 Grok 4.1 Fast high 14.6%
- 93
DeepSeek-V3.2 high 14.6%
- 94 GPT-5.2 Instant 14.6%
- 95 GPT-5.3 Codex low 14.6%
- 96
Gemma 4 26B A4B xhigh 14.6%
- 97
DeepSeek-V4-Pro none 14.6%
- 98
Gemini 2.0 Flash Feb 2025 12.7%
- 99
DeepSeek-R1 May 2025, none 12.7%
- 100
ERNIE-4.5-300B-A47B 12.7%
- 101 INTELLECT-3 low 12.7%
- 102
Tencent Hy3 preview xhigh 12.7%
- 103 o4-mini high 10.9%
- 104
Doubao-Seed-1.6 none 10.9%
- 105
Gemini 3 Flash high 10.9%
- 106
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite 9.09%
- 107
Gemini 3.5 Flash minimal 9.09%
- 108 GPT-4o mini 7.27%
- 109
Qwen3-235B-A22B none 7.27%
- 110 Jamba 1.7 Large 7.27%
- 111 nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2 xhigh 7.27%
- 112 deepseek/deepseek-chat 5.45%
- 113
Gemma 3 27B 3.64%
- 114 gpt-oss-120b low 3.64%
- 115
Mistral Large 3 3.64%
| # | Entry | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 96.4% | none | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 94.5% | none | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 92.7% | none | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 | 90.9% | high | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 5 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | 87.3% | high | Oct 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 6 | | 87.3% | minimal | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 80% | none | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 8 | | 76.4% | none | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 9 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 71.7% | low | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 10 | Grok 4.20 Multi-agent | 67.3% | xhigh | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 11 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 65.5% | high | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 12 | | 65.5% | none | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 13 | | 65.5% | xhigh | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 14 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 65.5% | low | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 15 | Grok 4.6 | 63.6% | minimal | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 16 | Grok 4.20 | 61.8% | low | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 17 | Grok 4.3 | 61.8% | minimal | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 18 | Grok 4.5 | 60% | high | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 19 | Claude Opus 5 | 60% | low | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 20 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | 58.2% | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 21 | Kimi K3 | 58.2% | minimal | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 22 | | 54.5% | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 23 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 53.7% | low | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 24 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | 52.7% | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 25 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | 52.7% | thinking | Feb 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 26 | | 52.7% | none | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 27 | | 52.7% | minimal | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 28 | GLM-5.3 | 50.9% | minimal | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 29 | Kimi K2.5 | 47.3% | none | Jan 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 30 | | 47.3% | xhigh | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 31 | GPT-6 Astra | 47.3% | max | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 32 | MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 45.5% | xhigh | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 33 | stealth/ox-alpha | 43.6% | low | Official leaderboard | |
| 34 | | 41.8% | none | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 35 | | 41.8% | max | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 36 | GPT-6 Sol | 41.8% | max | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 37 | openai/gpt-6-luna-pro | 40% | none | Official leaderboard | |
| 38 | Claude Opus 4.1 | 40% | none | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 39 | | 40% | xhigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 40 | | 40% | minimal | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 41 | GPT-6 Luna | 40% | none | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 42 | openai/gpt-6-sol-pro | 38.2% | none | Official leaderboard | |
| 43 | | 36.4% | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 44 | GPT-5.1 Instant | 36.4% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 45 | GPT-5.2 Codex | 36.4% | low | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 46 | | 34.5% | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 47 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 34.5% | max | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 48 | openrouter/hunter-alpha | 32.7% | none | Official leaderboard | |
| 49 | Claude Opus 4 | 32.7% | May 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 50 | | 32.7% | max | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 51 | GPT-5-Codex | 30.9% | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 52 | | 30.9% | low | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 53 | MiMo-V2.5 | 30.9% | none | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 54 | openrouter/healer-alpha | 29.1% | none | Official leaderboard | |
| 55 | GPT-5.1-Codex | 29.1% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 56 | GPT-5.2 | 27.3% | none | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 57 | | 27.3% | none | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 58 | GPT-5.3 Instant | 27.3% | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 59 | GPT-5.5 | 27.3% | none | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 60 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 27.3% | max | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 61 | Claude Sonnet 4 | 25.4% | none | May 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 62 | GPT-5.1 | 25.4% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 63 | | 25.4% | minimal | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 64 | GPT-5.4 | 25.4% | none | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 65 | GPT-5.4 Mini | 25.4% | xhigh | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 66 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 25.4% | low | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 67 | o3 | 23.6% | low | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 68 | | 23.6% | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 69 | | 23.6% | xhigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 70 | | 23.6% | minimal | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 71 | GPT-5 | 21.8% | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 72 | | 21.8% | low | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 73 | | 21.8% | high | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 74 | | 20% | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 75 | Kimi K2 Sep 2025 | 20% | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 76 | GLM-5 | 20% | high | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 77 | | 20% | xhigh | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 78 | Claude 3 Haiku | 18.2% | Mar 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 79 | GLM-5.2 | 18.2% | xhigh | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 80 | | 18.2% | minimal | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 81 | GPT-4o Aug 2024 | 16.4% | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 82 | MiMo-V2-Flash | 16.4% | none | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 83 | | 16.4% | high | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 84 | GPT-5.4 Nano | 16.4% | none | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 85 | | 16.4% | none | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 86 | baidu/ernie-4.5-vl-424b-a47b | 14.6% | xhigh | Official leaderboard | |
| 87 | openai/gpt-5.5-chat | 14.6% | Official leaderboard | ||
| 88 | GPT-4.1 | 14.6% | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 89 | GLM-4.5 | 14.6% | xhigh | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 90 | GPT-5 Chat | 14.6% | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 91 | | 14.6% | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 92 | Grok 4.1 Fast | 14.6% | high | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 93 | | 14.6% | high | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 94 | GPT-5.2 Instant | 14.6% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 95 | GPT-5.3 Codex | 14.6% | low | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 96 | | 14.6% | xhigh | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 97 | | 14.6% | none | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 98 | | 12.7% | Feb 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 99 | | 12.7% | none | May 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 100 | | 12.7% | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 101 | INTELLECT-3 | 12.7% | low | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 102 | | 12.7% | xhigh | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 103 | o4-mini | 10.9% | high | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 104 | | 10.9% | none | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 105 | | 10.9% | high | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 106 | | 9.09% | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 107 | | 9.09% | minimal | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 108 | GPT-4o mini | 7.27% | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 109 | | 7.27% | none | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 110 | Jamba 1.7 Large | 7.27% | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 111 | nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2 | 7.27% | xhigh | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 112 | deepseek/deepseek-chat | 5.45% | Official leaderboard | ||
| 113 | | 3.64% | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 114 | gpt-oss-120b | 3.64% | low | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 115 | | 3.64% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
Scores at each effort level
Models the leaderboard ran at two or more effort levels. We don’t have enough cost data here to say what the extra effort costs.
4 models have held number one since its release in Feb 2026
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
The best score passed 85% in Oct 2025
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
No lab model card reports it yet
We read the headline results of 479 launch posts from 51 labs, and none of them list this benchmark.
Versions
We switch the top row to each new version when it comes out. Open it for one row per version. An old version stays in play while people still test it, so whoever first takes it past 85% gets credit for closing it out.
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