Best AI Models for Research — 2026 Rankings
6 models evaluated across 107 research queries. Ranked by composite Trust Score.
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| Rank | Model | Provider | Trust Score | RC | FA | SC | RF | ST | ED | HL | Evals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Anthropic | 8.92 | 8.70 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.80 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 9.20 | 5 * |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 (Thinking) | OpenAI | 8.02 | 8.00 | 7.54 | 8.29 | 8.82 | 8.14 | 6.73 | 8.19 | 14 * |
| 3 | Gemini 3 Pro | Google Gemini | 8.01 | 7.90 | 7.10 | 8.35 | 8.88 | 8.23 | 6.97 | 8.21 | 24 * |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 6.99 | 6.84 | 6.30 | 7.18 | 7.68 | 7.21 | 6.24 | 7.10 | 28 * |
| 5 | Grok 4.1 (Reasoning) | xAI (Grok) | 6.93 | 7.07 | 6.21 | 7.32 | 7.54 | 7.29 | 5.58 | 7.21 | 14 * |
| 6 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Perplexity | 3.25 | 3.21 | 2.86 | 3.57 | 3.79 | 3.43 | 3.00 | 3.29 | 7 * |
* Low sample size (<30 evaluations) — ranking may shift with more data
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