Artificial Analysis Briefcase (AA Briefcase)
An independently evaluated professional-work benchmark reported as Elo.
Data verifiedBenchmark score on AA Briefcase — July 9, 2026
BenchLM mirrors the published score view for AA Briefcase. GPT-5.6 Sol leads the public snapshot at 1495 , followed by Claude Sonnet 5 (1390) and Claude Opus 4.8 (1354). BenchLM does not use these results to rank models overall.
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI
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Claude Sonnet 5
Anthropic
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Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
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The published AA Briefcase snapshot is tightly clustered at the top: GPT-5.6 Sol sits at 1495, while the third row is only 141 points behind. The broader top-10 spread is 625 points, so the benchmark still separates strong models even when the leaders cluster.
14 models have been evaluated on AA Briefcase. The benchmark falls in the Agentic category. This category carries a 22% weight in BenchLM.ai's overall scoring system. AA Briefcase is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.
About AA Briefcase
Year
2026
Tasks
Professional knowledge-work tasks
Format
Elo
Difficulty
Professional work
Stored as a display-only Elo rating.
BenchLM freshness & provenance
Version
AA Briefcase 2026
Refresh cadence
Quarterly
Staleness state
Current
Question availability
Public benchmark set
BenchLM uses freshness metadata to decide whether a benchmark should still be treated as a strong differentiator, a benchmark to watch, or a display-only reference. For the full scoring policy, see the BenchLM methodology page.
Benchmark score table (14 models)
FAQ
What does AA Briefcase measure?
An independently evaluated professional-work benchmark reported as Elo.
Which model scores highest on AA Briefcase?
GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI currently leads with a score of 1495 on AA Briefcase.
How many models are evaluated on AA Briefcase?
14 AI models have been evaluated on AA Briefcase on BenchLM.
Compare Top Models on AA Briefcase
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