HallusionBench
Models answer 1,129 yes or no questions about 346 images, built in pairs to expose language hallucination and visual illusion. Scored by accuracy.
- Made by
- University of Maryland
- Released
- October 2023
- Kind
- Hallucination rates
- Level
- Everyday
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Multiple choice
- Tasks
- All public
- Strongest model tested
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Qwen3.5 397B-A17B #77 on the capability index
- Last in a launch post
- August 2026
- Last model added
- August 2026
In the authors’ words
We introduce HallusionBench, a comprehensive benchmark designed for the evaluation of image-context reasoning. This benchmark presents significant challenges to advanced large visual-language models (LVLMs), such as GPT-4V(Vision), Gemini Pro Vision, Claude 3, and LLaVA-1.5, by emphasizing nuanced understanding and interpretation of visual data. The benchmark comprises 346 images paired with 1129 questions, all meticulously crafted by human experts. We introduce a novel structure for these visual questions designed to establish control groups. This structure enables us to conduct a quantitative analysis of the models' response tendencies, logical consistency, and various failure modes. In our evaluation on HallusionBench, we benchmarked 15 different models, highlighting a 31.42% question-pair accuracy achieved by the state-of-the-art GPT-4V. Notably, all other evaluated models achieve accuracy below 16%. Moreover, our analysis not only highlights the observed failure modes, including language hallucination and visual illusion, but also deepens an understanding of these pitfalls. Our comprehensive case studies within HallusionBench shed light on the challenges of hallucination and illusion in LVLMs. Based on these insights, we suggest potential pathways for their future improvement. The benchmark and codebase can be accessed at https://github.com/tianyi-lab/HallusionBench.
Keye-VL-2.0-30B-A3B leads with 73.5% among models released by August 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 August 2026, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- Claude Fable 5.2
-
Gemini 4 Carbon
- GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- and 16 more
- 73.5
Keye-VL-2.0-30B-A3B
- 73.1
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL
- 71.4
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
- 70.0
Qwen3.5-27B
- 69.8
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B
- 69.3
Qwen3.5-9B
- 68.0
Seed2.0 Pro
- 67.9
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
- 67.6
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
- 66.7
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B
- 65.4 GLM-4.5V
- 65.0
Qwen3.5-4B
- 64.9
STEP3-VL-10B
- 64.4
Phi-4-Reasoning-Vision-15B
- 64.2
Step 3
- 63.9
Seed1.8
- 63.9
ERNIE 5.0
- 63.7
EXAONE 4.5 33B
- 63.2 GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking
- 62.3 GLM-4.6V
- 61.5
North Micro Vision Instruct
- 60.4
ERNIE-4.5-VL-28B-A3B-Thinking
- 60.3
Seed1.5-VL
- 59.7
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B
- 58.0
Qwen3.5-2B
- 57.3
InternVL3.5-241B-A28B
- 55.2
Qwen2.5-VL-72B
- 53.1
Qwen3.5-0.8B
- 50.5
Cosmos3-Nano
- 47.2 LFM2.5-VL-3B
- 40.7
Cosmos3-Edge
- 1
Keye-VL-2.0-30B-A3B 73.5%
- 2
Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL 73.1%
- 3
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B 71.4%
- 4
Qwen3.5-27B 70%
- 5
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B 69.8%
- 6
Qwen3.5-9B 69.3%
- 7
Seed2.0 Pro 68%
- 8
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 67.9%
- 9
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 67.6%
- 10
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B 66.7%
- 11 GLM-4.5V 65.4%
- 12
Qwen3.5-4B 65%
- 13
STEP3-VL-10B 64.9%
- 14
Phi-4-Reasoning-Vision-15B 64.4%
- 15
Step 3 64.2%
- 16
Seed1.8 63.9%
- 17
ERNIE 5.0 63.9%
- 18
EXAONE 4.5 33B 63.7%
- 19 GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking 63.2%
- 20 GLM-4.6V 62.3%
- 21
North Micro Vision Instruct 61.5%
- 22
ERNIE-4.5-VL-28B-A3B-Thinking 60.4%
- 23
Seed1.5-VL 60.3%
- 24
Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B 59.7%
- 25
Qwen3.5-2B 58%
- 26
InternVL3.5-241B-A28B 57.3%
- 27
Qwen2.5-VL-72B 55.2%
- 28
Qwen3.5-0.8B 53.1%
- 29
Cosmos3-Nano 50.5%
- 30 LFM2.5-VL-3B 47.2%
- 31
Cosmos3-Edge 40.7%
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 73.5% | May 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | | 73.1% | Nov 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | | 71.4% | Feb 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | | 70% | Feb 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 5 | | 69.8% | Apr 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 6 | | 69.3% | Mar 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 7 | | 68% | Feb 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 8 | | 67.9% | Feb 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 9 | | 67.6% | Feb 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 10 | | 66.7% | Sep 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 11 | GLM-4.5V | 65.4% | Aug 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 12 | | 65% | Mar 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 13 | | 64.9% | Jan 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 14 | | 64.4% | Mar 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 15 | | 64.2% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 16 | | 63.9% | Dec 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 17 | | 63.9% | Feb 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 18 | | 63.7% | Apr 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 19 | GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking | 63.2% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 20 | GLM-4.6V | 62.3% | Jan 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 21 | | 61.5% | Aug 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 22 | | 60.4% | Nov 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 23 | | 60.3% | May 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 24 | | 59.7% | Sep 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 25 | | 58% | Mar 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 26 | | 57.3% | Aug 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 27 | | 55.2% | Feb 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 28 | | 53.1% | Mar 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 29 | | 50.5% | May 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 30 | LFM2.5-VL-3B | 47.2% | Aug 2026 | Lab model card | |
| 31 | | 40.7% | May 2026 | Lab model card |
8 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since its release in October 2023
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: 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.
Source: Labs’ model cards
2 labs put it in a launch post in the last six months
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.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | LFM2.5-VL-3B | 47.2 | HallusionBench |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 61.5 | HallusionBench | |
| May 25, 2026 | 73.5 | HallusionBench | |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 69.8 | HallusionBench | |
| Apr 9, 2026 | 63.7 | HallusionBench | |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 64.4 | HallusionBench (default mode) | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 53.1 | HallusionBench 53.1/46.7 (with CI / without CI) | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 58 | HallusionBench 58.0/51.3 (with CI / without CI) | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 65 | HallusionBench | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 69.3 | HallusionBench | |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 67.9 | HallusionBench | |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 70 | HallusionBench | |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 67.6 | HallusionBench | |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 71.4 | HallusionBench | |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 63.9 | HallusionBench | |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 63.9 | HallusionBench | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 60.4 | HallusionBench | |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 66.7 | HallusionBench | |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 59.7 | HallusionBench | |
| Aug 25, 2025 | 57.3 | HallusionBench | |
| Aug 11, 2025 | GLM-4.5V | 65.4 | HallusionBench |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 64.2 | Hallusion Bench | |
| May 12, 2025 | 60.3 | HallusionBench | |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 55.2 | Hallusion Bench |
18 system cards report it, from 10 labs
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.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2026 | | 73.5 | HallusionBench (Figure 5, printed value) | Hallucination |
| May 31, 2026 | | 50.5 | HallusionBench, Cosmos3-Nano 8B column, Table 10 | Capabilities |
| May 31, 2026 | | 40.7 | HallusionBench, Cosmos3-Edge 2B column, Table 10 | Capabilities |
| Apr 9, 2026 | | 63.7 | HallusionBench (Table 2, Reasoning mode) | Hallucination |
| Mar 21, 2026 | | 63.9 | HallusionBench (Table 2) | Capabilities |
| Mar 4, 2026 | | 64.4 | HallusionBench, default mode, 63.1 force nothink, 63.9 force thinking (Tables 5 and 6) | Hallucination |
| Feb 14, 2026 | | 68 | HallusionBench (Table 8) | Capabilities |
| Feb 4, 2026 | | 63.9 | HallusionBench (Table 3) | Capabilities |
| Jan 14, 2026 | | 64.9 | HallusionBench, SeRe (Tables 1 and 3). PaCoRe 64.54 | Hallucination |
| Jan 1, 2026 | GLM-4.6V technical report | 62.3 | HallusionBench, GLM-4.6V thinking (Table 2) | Capabilities |
| Nov 26, 2025 | | 66.7 | HallusionBench (Table 2) | Capabilities |
| Nov 6, 2025 | | 73.1 | HallusionBench, reasoning on (Table 3). Reasoning off 72.3 | Capabilities |
| Sep 22, 2025 | | 59.7 | HallusionBench, Instruct (Table 9). Thinking 62.8 (Table 10) | Capabilities |
| Aug 25, 2025 | | 57.3 | HallusionBench (avg) (Table 2, Table 6) | Hallucination |
| Aug 13, 2025 | GLM-4.5V technical report | 65.4 | HallusionBench, GLM-4.5V thinking (Table 2) | Capabilities |
| Jul 1, 2025 | GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking technical report | 63.2 | HallusionBench, GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking thinking (Table 2) | Capabilities |
| May 11, 2025 | | 60.3 | HallusionBench, thinking (Table 6). Non-thinking 60.0 | Capabilities |
| Feb 19, 2025 | | 55.2 | HallBench avg (Table 3) | Capabilities |
One logged change that moves scores
Changes by the maintainers, so a score from before a change may not compare with one from after it. Newest first, each with the maintainers' own source. The list may be incomplete. What we log.
- Tasks changed November 28th, 2023
The maintainers expanded the dataset and updated the leaderboard. Scores on the expanded questions do not use the original evaluation set. Source
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