GDPval-AA v2
Agents with shell and web access complete 220 GDPval gold tasks from 44 occupations. Outputs are compared pairwise and ranked by Elo.
Artificial Analysis version 2 of GDPval-AA. Elo scores do not compare with the GDPval win rate.
In the authors’ words
We introduce GDPval, a benchmark evaluating AI model capabilities on real-world economically valuable tasks. GDPval covers the majority of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Work Activities for 44 occupations across the top 9 sectors contributing to U.S. GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Tasks are constructed from the representative work of industry professionals with an average of 14 years of experience. We find that frontier model performance on GDPval is improving roughly linearly over time, and that the current best frontier models are approaching industry experts in deliverable quality. We analyze the potential for frontier models, when paired with human oversight, to perform GDPval tasks cheaper and faster than unaided experts. We also demonstrate that increased reasoning effort, increased task context, and increased scaffolding improves model performance on GDPval. Finally, we open-source a gold subset of 220 tasks and provide a public automated grading service at evals.openai.com to facilitate future research in understanding real-world model capabilities.
- Level
- Expert Specialists with years of training, often over hours of work
- 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 5 leads with 1,861
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
- 1,861 Claude Opus 5
- 1,853 Claude Fable 5.1
- 1,773 GLM-5.3-Flash
- 1,769 GLM-5.3
- 1,754
Muse Spark 1.3
- 1,753 Grok 4.6
- 1,748 GPT-5.6 Sol
- 1,686 Kimi K3
- 1,678
Tencent Hy4 preview
- 1,618 Claude Sonnet 5
- 1,593 GPT-5.6 Terra
- 1,592 GPT-5.6 Luna
- 1,545
Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 1,535 Grok 4.5
- 1,525
Gemini 3.7 Flash
- 1,421
Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 1,401
Muse Spark Open
- 1,381
Muse Spark 1.1
- 1,269
Inkling-Small
- 1,238
Inkling
- 1,225 Granite 4.2 30B
- 1,211
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
- 1,140
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
- 1,128
Solar Open 2
- 953
Muse Glimmer
- 832
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B
Bars start at 750.
- 1 Claude Opus 5 1,861
- 2 Claude Fable 5.1 1,853
- 3 GLM-5.3-Flash 1,773
- 4 GLM-5.3 1,769
- 5
Muse Spark 1.3 1,754
- 6 Grok 4.6 1,753
- 7 GPT-5.6 Sol 1,748
- 8 Kimi K3 1,686
- 9
Tencent Hy4 preview 1,678
- 10 Claude Sonnet 5 1,618
- 11 GPT-5.6 Terra 1,593
- 12 GPT-5.6 Luna 1,592
- 13
Gemini 3.8 Flash 1,545
- 14 Grok 4.5 1,535
- 15
Gemini 3.7 Flash 1,525
- 16
Gemini 3.6 Flash 1,421
- 17
Muse Spark Open 1,401
- 18
Muse Spark 1.1 1,381
- 19
Inkling-Small 1,269
- 20
Inkling 1,238
- 21 Granite 4.2 30B 1,225
- 22
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 1,211
- 23
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 1,140
- 24
Solar Open 2 1,128
- 25
Muse Glimmer 953
- 26
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B 832
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 5 | 1,861 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 1,853 | Sep 2026 | Model card | |
| 3 | GLM-5.3-Flash | 1,773 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 4 | GLM-5.3 | 1,769 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 5 | | 1,754 | Sep 2026 | Model card | |
| 6 | Grok 4.6 | 1,753 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 7 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 1,748 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 8 | Kimi K3 | 1,686 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 9 | | 1,678 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 10 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 1,618 | Jun 2026 | Model card | |
| 11 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 1,593 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 12 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 1,592 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 13 | | 1,545 | Sep 2026 | Model card | |
| 14 | Grok 4.5 | 1,535 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 15 | | 1,525 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 16 | | 1,421 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 17 | | 1,401 | Oct 2026 | Model card | |
| 18 | | 1,381 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 19 | | 1,269 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 20 | | 1,238 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 21 | Granite 4.2 30B | 1,225 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 22 | | 1,211 | Oct 2026 | Model card | |
| 23 | | 1,140 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 24 | | 1,128 | Jul 2026 | Model card | |
| 25 | | 953 | Aug 2026 | Model card | |
| 26 | | 832 | Aug 2026 | Model card |
3 models have held number one since its release in Jun 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.
12 labs put it in a launch post in the last six months
Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 1401 | GDPVal-AA v2 | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 28.5 | GDPVal-AA-V2 (metric not stated, not an Elo) | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 1211 | GDPval-AA v2 | |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 1754 | GDPVal-AA v2 (Knowledge work) | |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 1545 | GDPVal-AA v2 (Elo) | |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 1853 | Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 1678 | GDPval-AA V2 (Elo, official) | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | GLM-5.3-Flash | 1773 | GDPval-AA v2 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Granite 4.2 30B | 1225 | GDPval (Elo, version not stated) |
| 14 Aug 2026 | GLM-5.3 | 1769 | GDPval-AA v2 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 1525 | GDPVal-AA v2 (Elo) | |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Grok 4.6 | 1753 | GDPVal-AA v2 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 832 | GDPval-AA-V2 | |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 953 | GDPVal-AA v2 | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 1269 | GDPval-AA v2 | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Claude Opus 5 | 1861 | Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 1128 | GDPval-AA v2 (ELO), measured on 2026-06-30 | |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 1140 | GDPVal-AA v2 (Elo) | |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 1421 | GDPVal-AA v2 (Elo) | |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Kimi K3 | 1686 | GDPval-AA v2 (Elo) |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 1238 | GDPVal-AA v2 | |
| 9 Jul 2026 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 1591.8 | GDPval-AA v2 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 1593 | GDPval-AA v2 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 1748 | GDPval-AA v2 (Sol, max) |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 1618 | Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2 |
18 system cards report it, from 8 labs
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | | 953 | GDPval-AA, high, 952 xhigh (Tables 2 and 5) | Capabilities |
| 15 Oct 2026 | | 1211.2 | GDPVal-AA-v2 ELO 1,211.20, norm ELO 0.356, NVIDIA's open reimplementation of the AA v2.1 method (Table 10) | Capabilities |
| 15 Oct 2026 | | GDPval, BF16 acc. 17.19, an accuracy-style number with no Elo printed (Table 22) | Capabilities | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | | 28.5 | GDPVal-AA-V2, released 24GB checkpoint, an index per the Figure 5 caption, not an Elo (Table 7). BF16 31.13 | Capabilities |
| 2 Sep 2026 | | 1545 | GDPVal-AA v2, Elo (results table, p.5) | Capabilities |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Claude Fable 5.1 system card | 1853 | GDPval-AA v2 Elo at max effort, run by Artificial Analysis; 1835 at xhigh (Table 8.1.A, 8.15.3) | Capabilities |
| 13 Aug 2026 | | 1525 | GDPVal-AA v2, Elo (results table, p.5) | Capabilities |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Grok 4.6 model card | 1753 | AA GDPVal (GDPval-AA v2), Elo, high, run by Artificial Analysis (3.1) | Capabilities |
| 30 Jul 2026 | | 1269 | GDPval-AA v2 (5. Evaluations table) | Capabilities |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Kimi K3 technical report | 1686 | GDPval-AA v2 (Elo), cited from Artificial Analysis (Table 2) | Capabilities |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Claude Opus 5 system card | 1861 | GDPval-AA v2 Elo at max effort, run by Artificial Analysis (1827 at xhigh) (Table 8.1.A, 8.13.4) | Capabilities |
| 22 Jul 2026 | | 1128 | GDPval-AA v2 (ELO), measured on 30 June 2026 (Table 3 and Section 5.1) | Capabilities |
| 21 Jul 2026 | | 1421 | GDPVal-AA v2, Elo (results table, p.4) | Capabilities |
| 21 Jul 2026 | | 1140 | GDPVal-AA v2, Elo (results table, p.4) | Capabilities |
| 15 Jul 2026 | | 1238 | GDPVal-AA v2 (5. Evaluations table, effort 0.99) | Capabilities |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Grok 4.5 model card | 1535 | GDPval-AA v2, AA score, high, run by Artificial Analysis (4.1) | Capabilities |
| 9 Jul 2026 | | 1381 | GDPval-AA v2 Elo, from Artificial Analysis (Figure 44) | Capabilities |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Claude Sonnet 5 system card | 1618 | GDPval-AA v2 Elo as of June 17, 2026, run by Artificial Analysis (Table 8.1.A, 8.11.4) | Capabilities |
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