DuelLab GameBench 2
Models get the rules of a strategy game and write a program that plays it. DuelLab checks and builds each program, then runs head-to-head matches between programs from different models. Match outcomes become per-game scores from 0 to 100 and a Bradley-Terry ranking, with no human or model judge.
GameBench 2 launched on July 14th, 2026 and replaced GameBench 1, a frozen archive whose scores do not compare. Each reasoning setting of a model ranks separately, and a failed program counts as 0. The October 2026 release used eight games. The evaluator and game engine are private, so outsiders cannot rerun every step.
- Released
- July 2026
- Kind
- Multi-agent games
- Level
- University
- Scored
- Ranked by matches
- Answers
- Code
- Strongest model tested
- Claude Fable 5.2 #1 on the capability index
- Last model added
- November 2026
- Scores refreshed
- November 12th, 2026
Claude Fable 5.2 leads with 99.1
Best score per entry from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart. Names in gray aren't in our model list: fine-tunes, agent systems, products and older models. They don't count toward leaders.
- 99.1 Claude Fable 5.2
- 94.8 Claude Opus 5.5
- 94.3 GPT-6 Astra
- 94.0 Claude Fable 5.1
- 92.0 GPT-6.1 Sol
- 91.4 Claude Sonnet 5.5
- 89.7 Pareto 26.10
- 89.2
Gemini 4 Argon
- 88.3 Pareto 26.10 Preview
- 85.8 GPT-6.1 Terra
- 85.1 GPT-6.1 Terra Pro
- 84.8 Claude Opus 5
- 84.0 Kimi K3.1 Pro
- 80.1 GPT-5.6 Sol
- 79.4 GPT-6 Sol
- 77.8
Muse Wonder
- 75.2 Claude Fable 5
- 75.1 Claude Haiku 5.5
- 72.3 GLM-5.3
- 72.3 Grok 4.7
- 71.7 Particle-1
- 70.9 MiMo-V2.6 Pro
- 69.9
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
- 69.8 GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal
- 69.7
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash
- 69.6
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
- 68.7 Grok 4.6
- 68.5 GLM-5.3 FlashX
- 68.5
Muse Spark 1.3
- 68.4
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- 66.5
Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
- 66.2 Ox Alpha
- 65.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro
- 64.0
Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 63.9 Glimpse
- 63.2
Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 63.1
Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 63.1
Ember-1
- 62.5 Claude Opus 4.8
- 62.2
Qwen3.8 Flash
- 62.1 GPT-5.4
- 61.5 Grok 4.5
- 60.8 GLM-5.3-Flash
- 60.8
Tencent Hy4 preview
- 59.9 GPT-5.5
- 59.3
Muse Spark Open
- 59.0 MiMo-V2.6 Flash
- 57.6
Mistral Large 4
- 57.3
Muse Spark 1.2
- 55.9 GPT-6 Luna
- 54.4 Claude Sonnet 5
- 54.2 Mistral Large 4 (Oct 29)
- 54.0 GPT-5.6 Luna
- 53.6
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
- 53.5 GPT-5.6 Terra
- 53.4 Beam 1.0 501B A23B
- 37.2 Nex N2 Pro
- 32.7 MiMo-V2.5
- 29.8
Ling-3.0-flash
- 21.5 Ripple-65B Preview
- 20.0 Nex N2.5 Pro
- 16.6
Qwen 3.8 27B
- 13.1
Solar Mini 4
- 11.2
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
- 11.1 GPT-4.1 nano
- 5.40
North Mini Code 1.0
- 4.60 Granite 4.2 8B
- 0.00
Tencent Hy4
- 1 Claude Fable 5.2 ranked; XHigh 99.1
- 2 Claude Opus 5.5 ranked; XHigh 94.8
- 3 GPT-6 Astra ranked; XHigh 94.3
- 4 Claude Fable 5.1 ranked; XHigh 94.0
- 5 GPT-6.1 Sol ranked; XHigh 92.0
- 6 Claude Sonnet 5.5 ranked; XHigh 91.4
- 7 Pareto 26.10 ranked; Default 89.7
- 8
Gemini 4 Argon ranked; High 89.2
- 9 Pareto 26.10 Preview ranked; Default 88.3
- 10 GPT-6.1 Terra ranked; XHigh 85.8
- 11 GPT-6.1 Terra Pro ranked; XHigh 85.1
- 12 Claude Opus 5 ranked; XHigh 84.8
- 13 Kimi K3.1 Pro ranked; Max 84.0
- 14 GPT-5.6 Sol ranked; XHigh 80.1
- 15 GPT-6 Sol ranked; XHigh 79.4
- 16
Muse Wonder ranked; XHigh 77.8
- 17 Claude Fable 5 ranked; XHigh 75.2
- 18 Claude Haiku 5.5 ranked; XHigh 75.1
- 19 GLM-5.3 ranked; Max 72.3
- 20 Grok 4.7 ranked; Medium 72.3
- 21 Particle-1 ranked; Max 71.7
- 22 MiMo-V2.6 Pro ranked; Enabled 70.9
- 23
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ranked; Max 69.9
- 24 GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal ranked; Max 69.8
- 25
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash pending; Enabled; Some games need a new attempt 69.7
- 26
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) ranked; XHigh 69.6
- 27 Grok 4.6 ranked; Medium 68.7
- 28 GLM-5.3 FlashX ranked; Max 68.5
- 29
Muse Spark 1.3 ranked; XHigh 68.5
- 30
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ranked; Max 68.4
- 31
Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B ranked; XHigh 66.5
- 32 Ox Alpha ranked; Max 66.2
- 33
Gemini 3.1 Pro ranked; High 65.0
- 34
Gemini 3.8 Flash ranked; High 64.0
- 35 Glimpse ranked; Enabled 63.9
- 36
Gemini 3.5 Flash ranked; High 63.2
- 37
Gemini 3.6 Flash ranked; High 63.1
- 38
Ember-1 ranked; Max 63.1
- 39 Claude Opus 4.8 ranked; XHigh 62.5
- 40
Qwen3.8 Flash ranked; Enabled 62.2
- 41 GPT-5.4 ranked; XHigh 62.1
- 42 Grok 4.5 ranked; High 61.5
- 43 GLM-5.3-Flash ranked; High 60.8
- 44
Tencent Hy4 preview ranked; High 60.8
- 45 GPT-5.5 ranked; XHigh 59.9
- 46
Muse Spark Open ranked; XHigh 59.3
- 47 MiMo-V2.6 Flash ranked; Enabled 59.0
- 48
Mistral Large 4 ranked; High 57.6
- 49
Muse Spark 1.2 ranked; Medium 57.3
- 50 GPT-6 Luna ranked; XHigh 55.9
- 51 Claude Sonnet 5 ranked; XHigh 54.4
- 52 Mistral Large 4 (Oct 29) ranked; Medium 54.2
- 53 GPT-5.6 Luna ranked; XHigh 54.0
- 54
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 ranked; Max 53.6
- 55 GPT-5.6 Terra ranked; XHigh 53.5
- 56 Beam 1.0 501B A23B ranked; XHigh 53.4
- 57 Nex N2 Pro pending; None; Can't be ranked: provider route no longer exists 37.2
- 58 MiMo-V2.5 pending; Enabled; Can't be ranked: original request cannot be reproduced 32.7
- 59
Ling-3.0-flash pending; Enabled; Can't be ranked: provider route no longer exists 29.8
- 60 Ripple-65B Preview pending; Default; Too many programs failed 21.5
- 61 Nex N2.5 Pro pending; High; Some games need a new attempt 20.0
- 62
Qwen 3.8 27B pending; None; Too many programs failed 16.6
- 63
Solar Mini 4 pending; XHigh; Too many programs failed 13.1
- 64
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL pending; None; Too many programs failed 11.2
- 65 GPT-4.1 nano pending; Omitted; Too many programs failed 11.1
- 66
North Mini Code 1.0 pending; None; Too many programs failed 5.40
- 67 Granite 4.2 8B pending; Low; Too many programs failed 4.60
- 68
Tencent Hy4 pending; High; Every attempt hit the 65,536-token output limit 0.00
Source: Official DuelLab GameBench 2 leaderboard
| # | Entry | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Fable 5.2 | 99.1 | ranked; XHigh | Nov 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 94.8 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | GPT-6 Astra | 94.3 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 94.0 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 5 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 92.0 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 6 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 91.4 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 7 | Pareto 26.10 | 89.7 | ranked; Default | Official leaderboard | |
| 8 | | 89.2 | ranked; High | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 9 | Pareto 26.10 Preview | 88.3 | ranked; Default | Official leaderboard | |
| 10 | GPT-6.1 Terra | 85.8 | ranked; XHigh | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 11 | GPT-6.1 Terra Pro | 85.1 | ranked; XHigh | Official leaderboard | |
| 12 | Claude Opus 5 | 84.8 | ranked; XHigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 13 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | 84.0 | ranked; Max | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 14 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 80.1 | ranked; XHigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 15 | GPT-6 Sol | 79.4 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 16 | | 77.8 | ranked; XHigh | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 17 | Claude Fable 5 | 75.2 | ranked; XHigh | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 18 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | 75.1 | ranked; XHigh | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 19 | GLM-5.3 | 72.3 | ranked; Max | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 20 | Grok 4.7 | 72.3 | ranked; Medium | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 21 | Particle-1 | 71.7 | ranked; Max | Official leaderboard | |
| 22 | MiMo-V2.6 Pro | 70.9 | ranked; Enabled | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 23 | | 69.9 | ranked; Max | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 24 | GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal | 69.8 | ranked; Max | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 25 | | 69.7 | pending; Enabled; Some games need a new attempt | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 26 | | 69.6 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 27 | Grok 4.6 | 68.7 | ranked; Medium | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 28 | GLM-5.3 FlashX | 68.5 | ranked; Max | Official leaderboard | |
| 29 | | 68.5 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 30 | | 68.4 | ranked; Max | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 31 | | 66.5 | ranked; XHigh | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 32 | Ox Alpha | 66.2 | ranked; Max | Official leaderboard | |
| 33 | | 65.0 | ranked; High | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 34 | | 64.0 | ranked; High | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 35 | Glimpse | 63.9 | ranked; Enabled | Official leaderboard | |
| 36 | | 63.2 | ranked; High | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 37 | | 63.1 | ranked; High | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 38 | | 63.1 | ranked; Max | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 39 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 62.5 | ranked; XHigh | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 40 | | 62.2 | ranked; Enabled | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 41 | GPT-5.4 | 62.1 | ranked; XHigh | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 42 | Grok 4.5 | 61.5 | ranked; High | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 43 | GLM-5.3-Flash | 60.8 | ranked; High | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 44 | | 60.8 | ranked; High | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 45 | GPT-5.5 | 59.9 | ranked; XHigh | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 46 | | 59.3 | ranked; XHigh | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 47 | MiMo-V2.6 Flash | 59.0 | ranked; Enabled | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 48 | | 57.6 | ranked; High | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 49 | | 57.3 | ranked; Medium | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 50 | GPT-6 Luna | 55.9 | ranked; XHigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 51 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 54.4 | ranked; XHigh | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 52 | Mistral Large 4 (Oct 29) | 54.2 | ranked; Medium | Official leaderboard | |
| 53 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 54.0 | ranked; XHigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 54 | | 53.6 | ranked; Max | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 55 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 53.5 | ranked; XHigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 56 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | 53.4 | ranked; XHigh | Official leaderboard | |
| 57 | Nex N2 Pro | 37.2 | pending; None; Can't be ranked: provider route no longer exists | Official leaderboard | |
| 58 | MiMo-V2.5 | 32.7 | pending; Enabled; Can't be ranked: original request cannot be reproduced | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 59 | | 29.8 | pending; Enabled; Can't be ranked: provider route no longer exists | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 60 | Ripple-65B Preview | 21.5 | pending; Default; Too many programs failed | Nov 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 61 | Nex N2.5 Pro | 20.0 | pending; High; Some games need a new attempt | Official leaderboard | |
| 62 | | 16.6 | pending; None; Too many programs failed | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 63 | | 13.1 | pending; XHigh; Too many programs failed | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 64 | | 11.2 | pending; None; Too many programs failed | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 65 | GPT-4.1 nano | 11.1 | pending; Omitted; Too many programs failed | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 66 | | 5.40 | pending; None; Too many programs failed | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 67 | Granite 4.2 8B | 4.60 | pending; Low; Too many programs failed | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 68 | | 0.00 | pending; High; Every attempt hit the 65,536-token output limit | Nov 2026 | Official leaderboard |
More effort adds a median 9 score
Models the leaderboard ran at two or more effort levels. We don’t have enough cost data here to say what the extra effort costs.
Source: Official DuelLab GameBench 2 leaderboard
| Model | Effort | Harness | Score | Cost per task | Output tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.2 | ranked; XHigh | 99.1 | |||
| Claude Opus 5.5 | ranked; XHigh | 94.8 | |||
| GPT-6 Astra | ranked; XHigh | 94.3 | |||
| Claude Fable 5.1 | ranked; XHigh | 94.0 | |||
| Claude Fable 5.2 | ranked; Medium | 94.0 | |||
| GPT-6.1 Sol | ranked; XHigh | 92.0 | |||
| Claude Fable 5.2 | ranked; Low | 91.8 | |||
| Claude Opus 5.5 | ranked; Medium | 91.4 | |||
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | ranked; XHigh | 91.4 | |||
| | ranked; High | 89.2 | |||
| GPT-6 Astra | ranked; Medium | 88.6 | |||
| GPT-6.1 Sol | ranked; Medium | 86.4 | |||
| GPT-6.1 Terra | ranked; XHigh | 85.8 | |||
| Claude Opus 5 | ranked; XHigh | 84.8 | |||
| Claude Fable 5.1 | ranked; Low | 84.7 | |||
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | ranked; Max | 84.0 | |||
| GPT-6 Astra | ranked; Low | 83.4 | |||
| Claude Fable 5.1 | ranked; Medium | 82.9 | |||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | ranked; XHigh | 80.1 | |||
| GPT-6 Sol | ranked; XHigh | 79.4 | |||
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | ranked; Low | 79.3 | |||
| GPT-6.1 Terra | ranked; None | 79.3 | |||
| | ranked; Low | 79.2 | |||
| GPT-6.1 Terra | ranked; Medium | 78.3 | |||
| | ranked; XHigh | 77.8 | |||
| Claude Opus 5.5 | ranked; Low | 76.6 | |||
| | ranked; Medium | 76.6 | |||
| GPT-6.1 Sol | ranked; Low | 76.4 | |||
| Claude Fable 5 | ranked; XHigh | 75.2 | |||
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | ranked; XHigh | 75.1 | |||
| Claude Opus 5 | ranked; Medium | 75.0 | |||
| GPT-6 Sol | ranked; Medium | 74.8 | |||
| GLM-5.3 | ranked; Max | 72.3 | |||
| Grok 4.7 | ranked; Medium | 72.3 | |||
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | ranked; High | 71.5 | |||
| Grok 4.7 | ranked; XHigh | 71.2 | |||
| MiMo-V2.6 Pro | ranked; Enabled | 70.9 | |||
| GLM-5.3 | ranked; High | 70.3 | |||
| | ranked; Max | 69.9 | |||
| Claude Opus 5 | ranked; None | 69.8 | |||
| GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal | ranked; Max | 69.8 | |||
| | pending; Enabled; Some games need a new attempt | 69.7 | |||
| | ranked; XHigh | 69.6 | |||
| Grok 4.6 | ranked; Medium | 68.7 | |||
| | ranked; XHigh | 68.5 | |||
| | ranked; Max | 68.4 | |||
| | ranked; XHigh | 66.5 | |||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | ranked; Medium | 66.1 | |||
| Grok 4.6 | ranked; XHigh | 65.6 | |||
| | ranked; High | 65.0 | |||
| GPT-6 Sol | ranked; None | 64.7 | |||
| | ranked; Medium | 64.5 | |||
| | ranked; High | 64.3 | |||
| Claude Fable 5 | ranked; Medium | 64.0 | |||
| | ranked; High | 64.0 | |||
| | ranked; High | 63.2 | |||
| | ranked; High | 63.1 | |||
| | ranked; Max | 63.1 | |||
| Claude Opus 4.8 | ranked; XHigh | 62.5 | |||
| | ranked; Enabled | 62.2 | |||
| GPT-5.4 | ranked; XHigh | 62.1 | |||
| | ranked; Medium | 61.6 | |||
| Grok 4.5 | ranked; High | 61.5 | |||
| GLM-5.3-Flash | ranked; High | 60.8 | |||
| | ranked; High | 60.8 | |||
| Grok 4.5 | ranked; Medium | 60.3 | |||
| GPT-5.5 | ranked; XHigh | 59.9 | |||
| | ranked; Medium | 59.7 | |||
| | ranked; XHigh | 59.3 | |||
| MiMo-V2.6 Flash | ranked; Enabled | 59.0 | |||
| GLM-5.3-FlashX-Legal | ranked; High | 58.9 | |||
| Claude Fable 5 | ranked; Low | 58.2 | |||
| | ranked; High | 57.6 | |||
| | ranked; Medium | 57.3 | |||
| GLM-5.3-Flash | ranked; Max | 57.2 | |||
| | ranked; XHigh | 56.9 | |||
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | ranked; Medium | 56.2 | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ranked; XHigh | 55.9 | |||
| | ranked; Medium | 55.4 | |||
| | ranked; Minimal | 54.9 | |||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | ranked; None | 54.8 | |||
| | ranked; High | 54.8 | |||
| Claude Sonnet 5 | ranked; XHigh | 54.4 | |||
| GPT-5.6 Luna | ranked; XHigh | 54.0 | |||
| | ranked; Low | 54.0 | |||
| | ranked; Max | 53.6 | |||
| GPT-5.6 Terra | ranked; XHigh | 53.5 | |||
| | ranked; Low | 53.5 | |||
| GPT-5.4 | ranked; Medium | 53.3 | |||
| MiMo-V2.5 | pending; Enabled; Can't be ranked: original request cannot be reproduced | 32.7 | |||
| MiMo-V2.5 | pending; High; Can't be ranked: original request cannot be reproduced | 32.4 | |||
| | pending; Enabled; Can't be ranked: provider route no longer exists | 29.8 | |||
| MiMo-V2.5 | pending; Medium; Can't be ranked: original request cannot be reproduced | 28.5 | |||
| Ripple-65B Preview | pending; Default; Too many programs failed | 21.5 | |||
| | pending; None; Too many programs failed | 16.6 | |||
| | pending; XHigh; Too many programs failed | 13.1 | |||
| | pending; None; Too many programs failed | 11.2 | |||
| GPT-4.1 nano | pending; Omitted; Too many programs failed | 11.1 | |||
| | pending; None; Too many programs failed | 5.40 | |||
| | pending; Medium; Some games need a new attempt | 5.30 | |||
| | pending; None; Too many programs failed | 5.00 | |||
| Granite 4.2 8B | pending; Low; Too many programs failed | 4.60 | |||
| Granite 4.2 8B | pending; None; Every program failed | 0.00 | |||
| Granite 4.2 8B | pending; Full; Every program failed | 0.00 | |||
| | pending; High; Every attempt hit the 65,536-token output limit | 0.00 | |||
| | pending; Low; Every attempt hit the 65,536-token output limit | 0.00 |
7 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in July 2026
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: Official DuelLab GameBench 2 leaderboard
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Source: Official DuelLab GameBench 2 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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