Vals Index leaderboard: Claude Sonnet 5.5 tops at 70.85%, Gemini 4 Carbon close behind
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-29
A Vals AI leaderboard screenshot shows the current Vals Index Rankings (GDP-weighted benchmark across finance, coding, legal, and tax), with the best model from each lab:
- Claude Sonnet 5.5: 70.85% (No. 1)
- Gemini 4 Carbon: 70.36%
- Wonder Full: 66.79%
- GPT-6 Astra: 65.02%
- Kimi K3.1 Pro: 62.52%
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 61.26%
- GLM 5.3: 59.73%
- Qwen 3.8 Max 0902: 59.05%
- Grok 4.7: 58.56%
The site also breaks results down by cost, latency, token usage, and per-industry performance.
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