Vals Public Benefits Bench v1 (Public Benefits Bench v1)
We show this table for reference; we do not rank on it.
Can AI help people navigate SNAP benefits?
Public Benefits Bench v1 score on Public Benefits Bench v1 — June 9, 2026
We mirror the published public benefits bench v1 score view for Public Benefits Bench v1. Claude Fable 5 leads the public snapshot at 71.65%, followed by Claude Opus 4.8 (62.11%) and MiniMax M3 (60.69%). We do not use these results to rank models overall.
Claude Fable 5
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
MiniMax M3
MiniMax
13 modelsAgenticCurrentDisplay onlyUpdated June 9, 2026
Public Benefits Bench v1 score table (13 models)
ScoreHow Public Benefits Bench v1 is shown here
BenchLM mirrors the public Vals AI Public Benefits Bench v1 leaderboard captured from https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks/public-benefits-bench-v1 and updated by Vals on June 9, 2026. The snapshot preserves overall scores, uncertainty, latency, cost-per-test metadata, and task-level scores where Vals publishes them.
Public Benefits Bench v1 is display only on BenchLM. Vals proprietary or Vals-hosted aggregate views are useful context, but BenchLM does not use them as weighted ranking inputs or as a replacement for benchmark-native source records.
Snapshot
The published Public Benefits Bench v1 snapshot places Claude Fable 5 first at 71.65%. The third row is 10.96 points behind. The broader top-10 range is 20.77 points, so the table still separates the published systems.
13 models have been evaluated on Public Benefits Bench v1. The benchmark falls in the Agentic category. We keep external benchmark mirrors separate from the weighted global scoring system, so these results remain source-specific evidence. Public Benefits Bench v1 is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.
About Public Benefits Bench v1
Year
2026
Tasks
SNAP public-benefits navigation tasks
Format
Accuracy score
Difficulty
Public-benefits policy navigation
BenchLM mirrors the public Vals AI Public Benefits Bench v1 leaderboard as display-only external evidence. The captured snapshot preserves overall scores, task-level scores where Vals publishes them, uncertainty, latency, and cost-per-test metadata. It is excluded from BenchLM weighted rankings.
Freshness and provenance
Version
Public Benefits Bench v1 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.
Questions
What does Public Benefits Bench v1 measure?
Can AI help people navigate SNAP benefits?
Which model leads the published Public Benefits Bench v1 snapshot?
Claude Fable 5 currently leads the published Public Benefits Bench v1 snapshot with 71.65% public benefits bench v1 score. BenchLM shows this benchmark for display only and does not use it in overall rankings.
How many models are evaluated on Public Benefits Bench v1?
The June 9, 2026 snapshot contains 13 AI models.
Know when it’s worth switching models
The model to choose, the cheaper alternative, and the release we would wait on.
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