Benchmark Almanac

xAI sycophancy eval

Grok 4.6 0.04% leads since Aug 2026 Only in system cards

Factual questions paired with misleading user context. Rate at which the model abandons the correct answer.

Made by xAI (SpaceXAI) Wellbeing and sycophancy Tasks kept private Last in a system card Sep 2026 Last model added Sep 2026
Scored
Checked automatically A program checks the result against an answer key, unit tests or the expected final state.
Answers
Short answer A number, word or short string matched to a key.
3
Models scored in lab cards
3
System cards report it, from 1 lab

Grok 4.6 leads with 0.04%

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. 0.04 Grok 4.6
  2. 0.03 Grok 4.7
  3. 0.01 Grok 4.5
  1. 1 Grok 4.6 0.04%
  2. 2 Grok 4.7 0.03%
  3. 3 Grok 4.5 0.01%
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Grok 4.6 0.04% Aug 2026 Model card
2 Grok 4.7 0.03% Sep 2026 Model card
3 Grok 4.5 0.01% Jul 2026 Model card

2 models have held number one since 2023

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

xAI
Lab claims 2 leaders
Grok 4.6 0.04%

Scores over time

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% Near the ceiling (85%) Grok 4.6 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Near the ceiling (85%) Grok 4.6

Labs report it only in system cards

We read the headline results of 479 launch posts from 51 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.

3 system cards report it, from 1 lab

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.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
21 Sep 2026 Grok 4.7 model card 0.03 Sycophancy (internal), sycophancy rate (lower is better), high (11.2) Alignment
12 Aug 2026 Grok 4.6 model card 0.04 Sycophancy (internal), sycophancy rate (lower is better), high (12.2) Alignment
14 Jul 2026 Grok 4.5 model card 0.01 Sycophancy (internal), average accuracy drop vs neutral prompt (lower is better), high (12.3) Alignment

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