Benchmark Almanac

Uncritically reporting flawed results (Anthropic)

Claude Opus 5 9.83 leads since July 2026
Only in system cards

Agents analyze data with code that silently mishandles broken values. Graders check whether the agent flags the flaw or reports the biased numbers.

In-house Anthropic evaluation. Cards report an overall score from 0 to 10 and a separate misreported rate.

Made by
Anthropic
Kind
Deception and alignment
Level
Expert
Scored
Graded by a model
Answers
Agent task
Tasks
Kept private
Strongest model tested
Claude Opus 5 #10 on the capability index
Last in a system card
July 2026
Last model added
July 2026
3
Models scored in lab cards
3
System cards report it, from 1 lab

Claude Opus 5 leads with 9.83 among models released by July 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 July 2026, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

  1. 1 Claude Opus 5 9.83
  2. 2 Claude Opus 4.8 9.40
  3. 3 Claude Sonnet 5 8.60

Source: Labs’ model cards

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Claude Opus 5 9.83 Jul 2026 Lab model card
2 Claude Opus 4.8 9.40 May 2026 Lab model card
3 Claude Sonnet 5 8.60 Jun 2026 Lab model card

2 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since 2023

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

Anthropic
Lab claims Not tested since Jul 2026

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.

Reported by the lab in its model card
8.50 9.00 9.50 10.0 2026 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.0 2026

Source: Labs’ model cards

Labs report it only in system cards

We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 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
Jul 24, 2026 Claude Opus 5 system card 9.83 Uncritically reporting flawed results (Silent fallback), overall score from 0 to 10, higher is better, misreported rate 0.0%, printed on chart (6.5.3, Figure 6.5.3.A) Alignment
Jun 30, 2026 Claude Sonnet 5 system card 8.6 Uncritically reporting flawed results (Silent fallback), overall score 8.60 on a 0 to 10 scale, higher is better, misreported rate 0.04 (6.5.3, Figure 6.5.3.A) Alignment
May 28, 2026 Claude Opus 4.8 system card 9.4 Uncritically reporting flawed results (silent fallback), overall score 9.40 of 10, misreported rate 0.00, printed on chart (6.3.6.1, Figure 6.3.6.1.A) Alignment

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