Benchmark Almanac

Investment Banking Modeling Tasks (OpenAI)

GPT-5.5 Pro 88.6% leads since Apr 2026 Fading

Models build first- to third-year investment banking analyst models, such as three-statement and leveraged buyout models, with formatting and citations. OpenAI grades the outputs internally.

OpenAI first reported it for ChatGPT agent on 2025-07-17, as first- to third-year analyst modeling tasks such as three-statement and leveraged buyout models. The GPT-5.2 post called it Investment banking spreadsheet tasks, with GPT-5.2 at 68.4 under both names. The grading method is not described, so model-judged is assumed.

Made by OpenAI Released Jul 2025 Finance Tasks kept private Last in a launch post Apr 2026 , dropped after it saturated Last model added Apr 2026
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
Agent task Many steps in a terminal, browser, desktop, app, game or robot.
4
Models scored in lab cards
4
Launch posts list it, from 1 lab

GPT-5.5 Pro leads with 88.6% among models released by Apr 2026

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.

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

  1. 1 GPT-5.5 Pro 88.6%
  2. 2 GPT-5.4 Pro 83.6%
  3. 3 GPT-5.2 Pro 71.7%
  4. 4 ChatGPT agent 41%
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 GPT-5.5 Pro 88.6% Apr 2026 Model card
2 GPT-5.4 Pro 83.6% Mar 2026 Model card
3 GPT-5.2 Pro 71.7% Dec 2025 Model card
4 ChatGPT agent 41% Jul 2025 Model card

4 models have held number one since its release in Jul 2025

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

OpenAI
Lab claims Passed 85% in Apr 2026, by GPT-5.5 Pro
GPT-5.5 Pro 88.6%

The best score passed 85% in Apr 2026

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

Reported by the lab in its model card Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) GPT-5.5 Pro GPT-5.4 Pro GPT-5.2 Pro ChatGPT agent 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) GPT-5.5 Pro GPT-5.2 Pro

Labs headline it less often now, last in Apr 2026

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.

OpenAI
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
23 Apr 2026 GPT-5.5 Pro 88.6 Investment Banking Modeling Tasks (Internal)
5 Mar 2026 GPT-5.4 Pro 83.6 Investment Banking Modeling Tasks (Internal)
11 Dec 2025 GPT-5.2 Pro 71.7 Investment banking spreadsheet tasks (internal)
17 Jul 2025 ChatGPT agent 41 Investment Banking Modeling Tasks, mean accuracy (Oracle@64 71.3)

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