CAD Arena
Gemini 4 Argon 0.75 leads since Sep 2026 Not in model cards Agents rebuild licensed engineering drawings as editable CAD parts through the scripting APIs of NX, SolidWorks, Onshape, Fusion or Build123d. A verifier scores geometric match.
90 tasks scored by Normal's FrontierCAD verifier on a 0 to 100 scale. 12 models in the Fireworks index.
- Level
- Expert Specialists with years of training, often over hours of work
- Scored
- Checked automatically A program checks the result against an answer key, unit tests or the expected final state.
- Answers
- Agent task Many steps in a terminal, browser, desktop, app, game or robot.
Gemini 4 Argon leads with 0.75
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. Names in gray aren't in our model list: fine-tunes, agent systems, products and older models. They don't count toward leaders.
- 1 Gemini 4 Argon 0.75
- 2 Claude Opus 5.5 0.75
- 3 GPT-6 Astra 0.67
- 4 Claude Fable 5.1 0.66
- 5 GPT-6 Sol 0.53
- 6 Gemini 3.8 Flash 0.41
- 7 Grok 4.6 0.35
- 8 Muse 1.3 0.32
- 9 GPT-6 Luna 0.30
- 10 Grok 4.7 0.26
- 11
DeepSeek-V4-Pro 0.19 - 12
Inkling-Small 0.14 - 13 Inkling 0.12
| # | Entry | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 4 Argon | 0.75 | Gemini CLI | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 0.75 | Claude Code | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | GPT-6 Astra | 0.67 | Codex | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 0.66 | Claude Code | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 5 | GPT-6 Sol | 0.53 | Codex | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 6 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 0.41 | Gemini CLI | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 7 | Grok 4.6 | 0.35 | Grok Build | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 8 | Muse 1.3 | 0.32 | Muse Code | Official leaderboard | |
| 9 | GPT-6 Luna | 0.30 | Codex | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 10 | Grok 4.7 | 0.26 | Grok Build | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 11 | DeepSeek-V4-Pro | 0.19 | OpenCode | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 12 | Inkling-Small | 0.14 | OpenCode | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 13 | Inkling | 0.12 | OpenCode | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
4 models have held number one since its release in Sep 2026
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Scores over time
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.
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