Best AI Models for Technical — 2026 Rankings
15 models evaluated across 433 technical queries. Ranked by composite Trust Score.
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| Rank | Model | Provider | Trust Score | RC | FA | SC | RF | ST | ED | HL | Evals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5 | OpenAI | 8.94 | 8.81 | 8.89 | 9.15 | 9.58 | 9.00 | 8.21 | 8.92 | 24 * |
| 2 | GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | 8.85 | 8.56 | 8.25 | 9.13 | 9.69 | 9.25 | 7.67 | 9.06 | 8 * |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 (Thinking) | OpenAI | 8.72 | 8.54 | 8.48 | 9.06 | 9.53 | 8.83 | 7.48 | 8.93 | 29 * |
| 4 | GPT-5 (Generic) | OpenAI | 8.71 | 8.65 | 8.56 | 9.05 | 9.50 | 8.85 | 7.55 | 8.87 | 10 * |
| 5 | GPT-5.1 (Thinking) | OpenAI | 8.70 | 8.82 | 8.54 | 8.97 | 9.50 | 8.85 | 7.16 | 8.88 | 17 * |
| 5 | Gemini 3 Flash | Google Gemini | 8.70 | 8.60 | 8.20 | 8.90 | 9.60 | 9.20 | 8.10 | 8.90 | 5 * |
| 7 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 8.42 | 8.24 | 7.85 | 8.70 | 9.25 | 8.64 | 7.26 | 8.60 | 111 |
| 8 | Grok 4 (Reasoning) | xAI (Grok) | 8.33 | 8.35 | 7.77 | 8.65 | 9.13 | 8.51 | 7.58 | 8.34 | 39 |
| 9 | Grok 4.1 (Reasoning) | xAI (Grok) | 8.17 | 8.29 | 7.33 | 8.46 | 9.04 | 8.63 | 7.17 | 8.33 | 12 * |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro | Google Gemini | 8.10 | 8.03 | 7.54 | 8.43 | 8.87 | 8.39 | 6.87 | 8.22 | 93 |
| 11 | Grok 4 | xAI (Grok) | 8.07 | 7.98 | 7.15 | 8.46 | 8.96 | 8.50 | 7.42 | 8.19 | 13 * |
| 12 | Sonar Pro | Perplexity | 7.95 | 8.08 | 7.12 | 8.42 | 8.85 | 8.35 | 6.81 | 8.02 | 13 * |
| 13 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Anthropic | 7.75 | 7.79 | 6.89 | 8.40 | 8.54 | 8.00 | 6.99 | 7.93 | 7 * |
| 14 | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Anthropic | 7.65 | 7.50 | 6.64 | 8.00 | 8.68 | 8.36 | 4.00 | 8.27 | 11 * |
| 15 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | Perplexity | 6.72 | 6.63 | 6.31 | 7.03 | 7.41 | 6.97 | 6.19 | 6.44 | 16 * |
* Low sample size (<30 evaluations) — ranking may shift with more data
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