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APEX-Agents

Share of investment banking, consulting and corporate law tasks an agent completes in a simulated workplace with files and apps, graded against expert criteria (one attempt).

Last updated 1 Oct 2026

Results dated
1 Oct 2026
Results
39 configurations of 37 models
Unit
% of tasks
Licence
Published with permission (Mercor results via Epoch AI)

Tasks passed:

Top 15 of 39 results · % of tasks, higher is better. Choose a model to highlight it.Clear highlight

  1. 1 Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max reasoning)Anthropic 75.5%
  2. 2 Claude Opus 5.5 (max reasoning)Anthropic 73.5%
  3. 3 Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic 68.6%
  4. 4 Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle 67.8%
  5. 5 Claude Opus 5 (max reasoning)Anthropic 65.8%
  6. 6 Grok 4.6xAI 65.3%
  7. 7 GPT-6 AstraOpenAI 64.7%
  8. 8 Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle 64.3%
  9. 9 Claude Fable 5Anthropic 63.6%
  10. 10 GPT-6.1 Sol (max reasoning)OpenAI 60.0%
  11. 11 Claude Fable 5.1 (high reasoning)Anthropic 59.7%
  12. 12 GPT-5.6 Terra (max reasoning)OpenAI 58.2%
  13. 13 Muse Spark 1.3Meta 57.8%
  14. 14 GLM-5.3Z.ai 56.6%
  15. 15 Grok 4.5xAI 56.2%

Full results

APEX-Agents: tasks passed, % of tasks, higher is better
#ModelTasks passed
% of tasks, higher is better
Price
$ per million tokens, in / out
1 Claude Sonnet 5.5 (max reasoning)Anthropic
75.5%
$2 / $10
2 Claude Opus 5.5 (max reasoning)Anthropic
73.5%
$4 / $20
3 Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic
68.6%
$10 / $50
4 Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
67.8%
$1.50 / $7.50
5 Claude Opus 5 (max reasoning)Anthropic
65.8%
$5 / $25
6 Grok 4.6xAI
65.3%
$2 / $6
7 GPT-6 AstraOpenAI
64.7%
$10 / $50
8 Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
64.3%
$1.50 / $7.50
9 Claude Fable 5Anthropic
63.6%
$10 / $50
10 GPT-6.1 Sol (max reasoning)OpenAI
60.0%
$2 / $10
11 Claude Fable 5.1 (high reasoning)Anthropic
59.7%
$10 / $50
12 GPT-5.6 Terra (max reasoning)OpenAI
58.2%
$2 / $12
13 Muse Spark 1.3Meta
57.8%
$1.25 / $4.25
14 GLM-5.3Z.ai
56.6%
$1.40 / $4.40
15 Grok 4.5xAI
56.2%
$2 / $6
16 GPT-5.5OpenAI
55.1%
$5 / $30
17 Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic
54.5%
$2 / $10
18 GPT-6 Sol (max reasoning)OpenAI
54.3%
$2 / $10
19 GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai
52.8%
$0.15 / $0.50
20 GPT-5.4OpenAI
52.4%
$2.50 / $15
21 GPT-5.6 Sol Pro (max reasoning)OpenAI
51.4%
$4 / $20
22 Kimi K3Moonshot AI
50.6%
$3 / $15
23 Claude Opus 4.7 (max reasoning)Anthropic
49.2%
$5 / $25
24 Claude Opus 4.8 (max reasoning)Anthropic
48.9%
$5 / $25
25 DeepSeek-V4-Pro (0813)DeepSeek
47.3%
$1.32 / $3.96
26 Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
46.9%
$1.50 / $7.50
27 Claude Opus 4.6 (max reasoning)Anthropic
46.3%
$5 / $25
28 Claude Sonnet 5.5 (medium reasoning)Anthropic
44.6%
$2 / $10
29 GPT-6 Luna (max reasoning)OpenAI
44.3%
$0.10 / $0.50
30 Claude Sonnet 4.6 (high reasoning)Anthropic
43.0%
$3 / $15
31 GLM-5.1Z.ai
40.9%
$1.38 / $4.40
32 MiniMax-M3MiniMax
37.7%
$0.30 / $1.20
33 Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI
37.6%
$0.95 / $4
34 Muse Spark 1.2Meta
36.4%
$1.25 / $4.25
35 Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle
35.3%
$2 / $12
36 InklingThinking Machines
33.8%
$0.95 / $4.05
37 Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle
27.5%
$1.50 / $9
38 Qwen3.5-397B-A17BAlibaba
24.9%
$0.55 / $3.50
39 gpt-oss-120bOpenAI
4.4%
$0.15 / $0.60

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Ranks follow the score as shown, so equal numbers share a rank. Results as published by APEX-Agents; we do not re-run them.

Progress over time

Tasks passed, plotted at each model's release date, higher is better. Each model counts once, at its best setting. Scores are today's, not launch day's; 1 model without a known release date is left off. Hover or tap a mark for its model.

Best score so far

Every model at its release date. The line moves each time a new release beats every earlier one, and each new best is named where there is room.

0%20%40%60%80% Oct 20252026AprJulOct gpt-oss-120bClaude Opus 4.6GPT-5.4GPT-5.5Claude Fable 5Claude Opus 5Claude Fable 5.1Claude Opus 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5

Best score by lab

Each lab's best so far, stepping whenever one of its releases beats its own earlier models. The 6 labs with the best scores today; 5 others not drawn.

AnthropicGooglexAIOpenAIMetaZ.ai

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What it measures

Share of investment banking, consulting and corporate law tasks an agent completes in a simulated workplace with files and apps, graded against expert criteria (one attempt).

What it does not measure

Not your firm's documents or tools; graded by rubric, not by a client.

Mercor; collected by Epoch AI. Licence: Published with permission (Mercor results via Epoch AI).