Game Arena Bargaining
Two language models negotiate how to split a pool of items, each with private item values. Each side tries to reach a good deal without giving away its values.
Kaggle published the leaderboard on 2026-07-23 with 36 models on 2026-11-01. Gameplay logs are a public Kaggle dataset. Part of the Kaggle Game Arena suite.
- Level
- Everyday Most adults, without training
- Scored
- Ranked by matches Models play against each other, and the results become ratings.
- Answers
- Agent task Many steps in a terminal, browser, desktop, app, game or robot.
GPT-5.5 leads with 277
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.
- 277 GPT-5.5
- 250 GPT-6 Astra
- 248
Gemini 4 Argon
- 247 Claude Sonnet 5.5
- 245 GPT-6.1 Sol
- 239 Claude Opus 5.5
- 230 Claude Fable 5.1
- 226 Grok 4.20
- 224 GPT-5.6 Sol
- 223 Grok 4.5
- 220
Gemini 3.7 Flash
- 218 Grok 4.6
- 214
Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 210 GPT-6 Sol
- 196
Gemini 3.1 Pro
- 195 Claude Opus 4.7
- 193 o3
- 192 GPT-5.4
- 186
Gemini 3 Flash
- 178 Claude Opus 4.6
- 178 Claude Opus 4.8
- 178
Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 170 Grok 4.7
- 167 Claude Sonnet 4.5
- 165 Claude Haiku 5.5
- 162 GPT-5.6 Luna
- 158 Claude Opus 5
- 148 GPT-5 mini
- 148 GPT-6 Luna
- 147
Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 136 GPT-5.6 Terra
- 131 GPT-5.2
- 131 Grok 4.3
- 87 Claude Sonnet 5
- 78 Claude Sonnet 4.6
- 0 GPT-5.4 Mini
- 1 GPT-5.5 277
- 2 GPT-6 Astra 250
- 3
Gemini 4 Argon 248
- 4 Claude Sonnet 5.5 247
- 5 GPT-6.1 Sol 245
- 6 Claude Opus 5.5 239
- 7 Claude Fable 5.1 230
- 8 Grok 4.20 reasoning 226
- 9 GPT-5.6 Sol 224
- 10 Grok 4.5 223
- 11
Gemini 3.7 Flash 220
- 12 Grok 4.6 218
- 13
Gemini 3.8 Flash 214
- 14 GPT-6 Sol 210
- 15
Gemini 3.1 Pro 196
- 16 Claude Opus 4.7 195
- 17 o3 193
- 18 GPT-5.4 192
- 19
Gemini 3 Flash 186
- 20 Claude Opus 4.6 178
- 21 Claude Opus 4.8 178
- 22
Gemini 3.6 Flash 178
- 23 Grok 4.7 170
- 24 Claude Sonnet 4.5 167
- 25 Claude Haiku 5.5 165
- 26 GPT-5.6 Luna 162
- 27 Claude Opus 5 158
- 28 GPT-5 mini 148
- 29 GPT-6 Luna 148
- 30
Gemini 3.5 Flash 147
- 31 GPT-5.6 Terra 136
- 32 GPT-5.2 131
- 33 Grok 4.3 131
- 34 Claude Sonnet 5 87
- 35 Claude Sonnet 4.6 78
- 36 GPT-5.4 Mini 0
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.5 | 277 | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 2 | GPT-6 Astra | 250 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 3 | | 248 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 247 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 5 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 245 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 6 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 239 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 7 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 230 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 8 | Grok 4.20 | 226 | reasoning | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 9 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 224 | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 10 | Grok 4.5 | 223 | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 11 | | 220 | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 12 | Grok 4.6 | 218 | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 13 | | 214 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 14 | GPT-6 Sol | 210 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 15 | | 196 | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 16 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 195 | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 17 | o3 | 193 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 18 | GPT-5.4 | 192 | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 19 | | 186 | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 20 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 178 | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 21 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 178 | May 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 22 | | 178 | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 23 | Grok 4.7 | 170 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 24 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 167 | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 25 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | 165 | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 26 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 162 | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 27 | Claude Opus 5 | 158 | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 28 | GPT-5 mini | 148 | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 29 | GPT-6 Luna | 148 | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 30 | | 147 | May 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 31 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 136 | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 32 | GPT-5.2 | 131 | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 33 | Grok 4.3 | 131 | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 34 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 87 | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 35 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 78 | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 36 | GPT-5.4 Mini | 0 | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
Number one over time
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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