FACTS Multimodal
Models answer questions about input images and must combine what they see with world knowledge. A judge checks coverage and contradictions.
711 public and 811 private prompts. Part of the FACTS Benchmark Suite. Scores were the lowest of the four parts at launch.
In the authors’ words
We introduce The FACTS Leaderboard, an online leaderboard suite and associated set of benchmarks that comprehensively evaluates the ability of language models to generate factually accurate text across diverse scenarios. The suite provides a holistic measure of factuality by aggregating the performance of models on four distinct sub-leaderboards: (1) FACTS Multimodal, which measures the factuality of responses to image-based questions; (2) FACTS Parametric, which assesses models' world knowledge by answering closed-book factoid questions from internal parameters; (3) FACTS Search, which evaluates factuality in information-seeking scenarios, where the model must use a search API; and (4) FACTS Grounding (v2), which evaluates whether long-form responses are grounded in provided documents, featuring significantly improved judge models. Each sub-leaderboard employs automated judge models to score model responses, and the final suite score is an average of the four components, designed to provide a robust and balanced assessment of a model's overall factuality. The FACTS Leaderboard Suite will be actively maintained, containing both public and private splits to allow for external participation while guarding its integrity. It can be found at https://www.kaggle.com/benchmarks/google/facts .
- Level
- University Undergraduates and entry-level professionals
- 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.
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads with 50.7%
Best score per model from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on 2 Nov 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best.
- 50.7
Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 49.8
Gemini 3.7 Flash
- 48.5 GPT-6.1 Sol
- 48.4 Claude Opus 5.5
- 47.7 GPT-6 Astra
- 47.2
Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 46.9
Gemini 2.5 Pro
- 45.8 GPT-5.5
- 44.1 GPT-5
- 43.1 GPT-6 Sol
- 41.8 GPT-5.1
- 41.5 GPT-5 mini
- 41.4
Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 41.3
Gemini 3.1 Pro
- 41.3
Gemini 3 Flash
- 41.0
Gemini 2.5 Flash
- 41.0 GPT-5.4
- 40.1 GPT-4.1
- 39.9 o3
- 39.8 Claude Opus 4.8
- 39.7 GPT-5.2
- 39.4
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
- 39.2 Claude Opus 4.5
- 36.8 Claude Opus 4.6
- 35.8 Claude Opus 4.7
- 35.8
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- 34.5 o4-mini
- 33.1 Claude Opus 4.1
- 32.5 Claude Sonnet 4.6
- 31.1 Claude Sonnet 4.5
- 28.6 Claude Sonnet 4
- 25.7 Grok 4
- 24.7
Gemma 4 31B IT
- 24.6
Gemma 3 27B
- 23.9
Gemma 4 26B A4B
- 21.2
Mistral Small 3.1
- 20.8
Gemma 3 12B
- 17.7 Grok 4 Fast
- 13.6
Gemma 3 4B
- 1
Gemini 3.8 Flash 50.7%
- 2
Gemini 3.7 Flash 49.8%
- 3 GPT-6.1 Sol 48.5%
- 4 Claude Opus 5.5 48.4%
- 5 GPT-6 Astra 47.7%
- 6
Gemini 3.6 Flash 47.2%
- 7
Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 46.9%
- 8 GPT-5.5 45.8%
- 9 GPT-5 44.1%
- 10 GPT-6 Sol 43.1%
- 11 GPT-5.1 41.8%
- 12 GPT-5 mini 41.5%
- 13
Gemini 3.5 Flash 41.4%
- 14
Gemini 3.1 Pro 41.3%
- 15
Gemini 3 Flash 41.3%
- 16
Gemini 2.5 Flash Sep 2025 41%
- 17 GPT-5.4 41%
- 18 GPT-4.1 40.1%
- 19 o3 39.9%
- 20 Claude Opus 4.8 39.8%
- 21 GPT-5.2 39.7%
- 22
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite 39.4%
- 23 Claude Opus 4.5 39.2%
- 24 Claude Opus 4.6 36.8%
- 25 Claude Opus 4.7 35.8%
- 26
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 35.8%
- 27 o4-mini 34.5%
- 28 Claude Opus 4.1 33.1%
- 29 Claude Sonnet 4.6 32.5%
- 30 Claude Sonnet 4.5 thinking 31.1%
- 31 Claude Sonnet 4 28.6%
- 32 Grok 4 25.7%
- 33
Gemma 4 31B IT 24.7%
- 34
Gemma 3 27B 24.6%
- 35
Gemma 4 26B A4B 23.9%
- 36
Mistral Small 3.1 21.2%
- 37
Gemma 3 12B 20.8%
- 38 Grok 4 Fast reasoning 17.7%
- 39
Gemma 3 4B 13.6%
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 50.7% | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 2 | | 49.8% | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 3 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 48.5% | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 48.4% | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 5 | GPT-6 Astra | 47.7% | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 6 | | 47.2% | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 7 | | 46.9% | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 8 | GPT-5.5 | 45.8% | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 9 | GPT-5 | 44.1% | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 10 | GPT-6 Sol | 43.1% | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 11 | GPT-5.1 | 41.8% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 12 | GPT-5 mini | 41.5% | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 13 | | 41.4% | May 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 14 | | 41.3% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 15 | | 41.3% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 16 | | 41% | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 17 | GPT-5.4 | 41% | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 18 | GPT-4.1 | 40.1% | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 19 | o3 | 39.9% | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 20 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 39.8% | May 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 21 | GPT-5.2 | 39.7% | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 22 | | 39.4% | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 23 | Claude Opus 4.5 | 39.2% | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 24 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 36.8% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 25 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 35.8% | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 26 | | 35.8% | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 27 | o4-mini | 34.5% | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 28 | Claude Opus 4.1 | 33.1% | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 29 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 32.5% | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 30 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 31.1% | thinking | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 31 | Claude Sonnet 4 | 28.6% | May 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 32 | Grok 4 | 25.7% | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 33 | | 24.7% | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 34 | | 24.6% | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 35 | | 23.9% | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 36 | | 21.2% | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 37 | | 20.8% | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 38 | Grok 4 Fast | 17.7% | reasoning | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 39 | | 13.6% | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard |
4 models have held number one since its release in Dec 2025
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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