Artificial Analysis Terminal-Bench v2.1 (AA Terminal-Bench 2.1)
An independently evaluated Terminal-Bench v2.1 result from Artificial Analysis.
Data verifiedBenchmark score on AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 — July 9, 2026
BenchLM mirrors the published score view for AA Terminal-Bench 2.1. GPT-5.6 Sol leads the public snapshot at 88.0% , followed by GPT-5.6 Terra (88.0%) and Claude Opus 4.8 (84.6%). BenchLM does not use these results to rank models overall.
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI
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GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI
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Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
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The published AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 snapshot is tightly clustered at the top: GPT-5.6 Sol sits at 88.0%, while the third row is only 3.4 points behind. The broader top-10 spread is 13.5 points, so the benchmark still separates strong models even when the leaders cluster.
14 models have been evaluated on AA Terminal-Bench 2.1. The benchmark falls in the Coding category. This category carries a 20% weight in BenchLM.ai's overall scoring system. AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.
About AA Terminal-Bench 2.1
Year
2026
Tasks
Terminal-based agent tasks
Format
Task success rate
Difficulty
Agentic software engineering
Stored separately from the core Terminal-Bench lane because Artificial Analysis controls the evaluation configuration.
BenchLM freshness & provenance
Version
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 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 Terminal-Bench 2.1 measure?
An independently evaluated Terminal-Bench v2.1 result from Artificial Analysis.
Which model scores highest on AA Terminal-Bench 2.1?
GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI currently leads with a score of 88.0% on AA Terminal-Bench 2.1.
How many models are evaluated on AA Terminal-Bench 2.1?
14 AI models have been evaluated on AA Terminal-Bench 2.1 on BenchLM.
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