Leaderboard: Fable 5 Tops Autonomous Research, Kimi K3 Follows
eliebakouch · x · 2026-08-16
Prime Intellect released the leaderboard for the autonomous NanoGPT optimizer speedrun. Among the 18 models tested, Fable 5 ranked first with 2,726 steps, closing 81.7% of the performance gap to the human record. Opus 5 and Kimi K3 took second and third place, respectively, both closing over 50% of the gap. GPT-5.6 series models showed mid-tier performance, ranking lower. Several models, including Qwen 3.8 Max and DeepSeek V4 Pro, are still listed as running.
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