Benchmark Almanac

FinStepBench LiveSearch

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 76.7% leads since September 2026
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Models retrieve and verify live financial facts. The score is the published LiveSearch percentage.

One track of FinStepBench. The FinStepBench record keeps lab scores that combine tracks.

Made by
StepFun
Released
September 2026
Kind
Finance
Level
Expert
Scored
Graded by a model
Answers
Open-ended
Tasks
Kept private
Strongest model tested
GPT-6 Astra #3 on the capability index
Last model added
September 2026
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026
6
Models scored on its own leaderboard

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads with 76.7% among models released by September 2026

Best score per model from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best.

The newest model with a score here came out in September 2026, and nobody has tested a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

  1. 76.7 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
  2. 76.2 Claude Opus 5
  3. 74.5 GPT-6 Astra
  4. 74.5 Step 5 Preview
  5. 73.3 GLM-5.3
  6. 70.9 Kimi K3
  1. 1 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 76.7%
  2. 2 Claude Opus 5 Max 76.2%
  3. 3 GPT-6 Astra Max 74.5%
  4. 4 Step 5 Preview High 74.5%
  5. 5 GLM-5.3 Max 73.3%
  6. 6 Kimi K3 Max 70.9%

Source: Official FinStepBench LiveSearch leaderboard

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 76.7% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
2 Claude Opus 5 76.2% Max Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
3 GPT-6 Astra 74.5% Max Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
4 Step 5 Preview 74.5% High Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
5 GLM-5.3 73.3% Max Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
6 Kimi K3 70.9% Max Jul 2026 Official leaderboard

2 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in September 2026

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.

Anthropic DeepSeek
Own leaderboard Not tested since Sep 2026
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 76.7%

Source: Official FinStepBench LiveSearch leaderboard

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Near the ceiling (85%) DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Claude Opus 5 Kimi K3 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Near the ceiling (85%) DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Source: Official FinStepBench LiveSearch leaderboard

No lab model card reports it yet

We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark.

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