Benchmark Almanac

FACTS Benchmark Suite

Gemini 4 Carbon 78.3% leads since October 2026
Gemini 4 Carbon 78.3% leads since October 2026
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Models are scored on four factuality tests: Parametric, Search, Multimodal and Grounding v2. The FACTS Score averages accuracy over public and private sets of all four.

Launched December 9th, 2025 with 15 models. Kaggle holds the private sets. The Search part became FACTS Search V2 in mid 2026, so later suite averages may not compare.

Released
December 2025
Kind
Short factual questions
Level
University
Scored
Graded by a model
Answers
Open-ended
Tasks
Public, plus a private test set
Strongest model tested
Gemini 4 Carbon #2 on the capability index
Last in a launch post
April 2026, dropped before it saturated
Last model added
October 2026
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026

In the authors’ words

We introduce The FACTS Leaderboard, an online leaderboard suite and associated set of benchmarks that comprehensively evaluates the ability of language models to generate factually accurate text across diverse scenarios. The suite provides a holistic measure of factuality by aggregating the performance of models on four distinct sub-leaderboards: (1) FACTS Multimodal, which measures the factuality of responses to image-based questions; (2) FACTS Parametric, which assesses models' world knowledge by answering closed-book factoid questions from internal parameters; (3) FACTS Search, which evaluates factuality in information-seeking scenarios, where the model must use a search API; and (4) FACTS Grounding (v2), which evaluates whether long-form responses are grounded in provided documents, featuring significantly improved judge models. Each sub-leaderboard employs automated judge models to score model responses, and the final suite score is an average of the four components, designed to provide a robust and balanced assessment of a model's overall factuality. The FACTS Leaderboard Suite will be actively maintained, containing both public and private splits to allow for external participation while guarding its integrity. It can be found at https://www.kaggle.com/benchmarks/google/facts .

Abstract of The FACTS Leaderboard: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Large Language Model Factuality (arXiv:2512.10791, CC0)
23
Models scored on its own leaderboard
4
Launch posts list it, from 2 labs
1
System card reports it, from 1 lab

Gemini 4 Carbon leads with 78.3%

Best score per model from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best.

Gemini 4 Carbon leads with 78.3%, claims included

Best score per model from every source, including labs’ own numbers and claims Epoch AI collected from reports and papers. Labs pick their own settings, so a claim can beat an independent run of the same model.

  1. 1 Gemini 4 Carbon 78.3%
  2. 2 GPT-6 Astra 78.1%
  3. 3 GPT-6.1 Sol 76.8%
  4. 4 GPT-6.1 Terra 74.1%
  5. 5 GPT-6 Sol 74%
  6. 6 Gemini 4 Argon 72.4%
  7. 7 Gemini 3.8 Flash 71.2%
  8. 8 GPT-5.6 Sol 70.6%
  9. 9 Gemini 3.1 Pro 69.2%
  10. 10 Gemini 3.6 Flash 67.5%
  11. 11 Claude Opus 5.5 66.5%
  12. 12 GPT-6 Luna 64.8%
  13. 13 Gemini 3 Flash 63.8%
  14. 14 Grok 4.7 62.3%
  15. 15 GPT-5.6 Terra 61.3%
  16. 16 Qwen 3.8 Max 60.3%
  17. 17 Grok 4.6 59.5%
  18. 18 Claude Sonnet 5.5 58.7%
  19. 19 GPT-5.6 Luna 56.9%
  20. 20 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 53.5%
  21. 21 Gemma 4 31B IT 50.1%
  22. 22 Gemma 4 26B A4B 47.4%
  23. 23 Claude Haiku 5.5 47.3%

Source: Official FACTS Benchmark Suite leaderboard

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Gemini 4 Carbon 78.3% Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
2 GPT-6 Astra 78.1% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
3 GPT-6.1 Sol 76.8% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
4 GPT-6.1 Terra 74.1% Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
5 GPT-6 Sol 74% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
6 Gemini 4 Argon 72.4% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
7 Gemini 3.8 Flash 71.2% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
8 GPT-5.6 Sol 70.6% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
9 Gemini 3.1 Pro 69.2% Feb 2026 Official leaderboard
10 Gemini 3.6 Flash 67.5% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
11 Claude Opus 5.5 66.5% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
12 GPT-6 Luna 64.8% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
13 Gemini 3 Flash 63.8% Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
14 Grok 4.7 62.3% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
15 GPT-5.6 Terra 61.3% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
16 Qwen 3.8 Max 60.3% Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
17 Grok 4.6 59.5% Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
18 Claude Sonnet 5.5 58.7% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
19 GPT-5.6 Luna 56.9% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
20 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 53.5% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
21 Gemma 4 31B IT 50.1% Apr 2026 Official leaderboard
22 Gemma 4 26B A4B 47.4% Apr 2026 Official leaderboard
23 Claude Haiku 5.5 47.3% Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Gemini 4 Carbon 78.3% Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
2 GPT-6 Astra 78.1% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
3 GPT-6.1 Sol 76.8% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
4 GPT-6.1 Terra 74.1% Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
5 GPT-6 Sol 74% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
6 Gemini 4 Argon 72.4% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
7 Gemini 3.8 Flash 71.2% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
8 GPT-5.6 Sol 70.6% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
9 Gemini 3 Pro 70.5% Nov 2025 Lab model card
10 Gemini 3.1 Pro 69.2% Feb 2026 Official leaderboard
11 Gemini 3.6 Flash 67.5% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
12 Claude Opus 5.5 66.5% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
13 GPT-6 Luna 64.8% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
14 Gemini 3 Flash 63.8% Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
15 Grok 4.7 62.3% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
16 GPT-5.6 Terra 61.3% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
17 Qwen 3.8 Max 60.3% Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
18 Grok 4.6 59.5% Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
19 Claude Sonnet 5.5 58.7% Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
20 GLM-5V-Turbo 58.6% Apr 2026 Lab model card
21 GPT-5.6 Luna 56.9% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
22 Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 53.5% Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
23 Gemma 4 31B IT 50.1% Apr 2026 Official leaderboard
24 Gemma 4 26B A4B 47.4% Apr 2026 Official leaderboard
25 Claude Haiku 5.5 47.3% Oct 2026 Official leaderboard
26 Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite 40.6% Mar 2026 Lab model card

Labs report scores for 4 models in their cards. Switch the scores above to rank them together.

6 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in December 2025 5 models have held number one with claims included since its release in December 2025

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release. We draw one row each for the benchmark’s own leaderboard and what labs claim in their cards.

Google DeepMind OpenAI
Own leaderboard 6 leaders
Lab claims Not tested since Apr 2026
Gemini 3 Pro 70.5%

Sources: Official FACTS Benchmark Suite leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Scores over time

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

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard Reported by the lab in its model card Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 2027 Near the ceiling (85%) Gemini 4 Carbon Gemini 3.8 Flash Gemini 3 Pro 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2026 2027 Near the ceiling (85%) Gemini 4 Carbon Gemini 3.8 Flash

Sources: Official FACTS Benchmark Suite leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Labs headline it less often now, last in April 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.

Google DeepMind
Z.ai
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
Apr 1, 2026 GLM-5V-Turbo 58.6 Facts 58.6
Mar 3, 2026 Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite 40.6 FACTS Benchmark Suite
Dec 17, 2025 Gemini 3 Flash 61.9 FACTS Benchmark Suite
Nov 18, 2025 Gemini 3 Pro 70.5 FACTS Benchmark Suite

One system card reports it

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
Mar 3, 2026 Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model card 40.6 FACTS Benchmark Suite (results table, p.4) Hallucination

One lab claim next to the leaderboard

Each score a lab reported for its own model, beside the same model's best score on the leaderboard. Gaps mostly come from different harnesses, effort levels and task subsets. Every benchmark.

Model Lab says Board says Gap
Gemini 3 Flash 61.9% FACTS Benchmark Suite 63.8% Leaderboard −1.9 pts

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