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Best Factuality AI Models in 2026

This reporting page is intentionally narrow. It focuses on currently tracked sourced factuality signals such as SimpleQA, HLE without tools, and multimodal factuality. It is a reporting page, not a mature weighted category.

This page ranks models using only sourced factuality benchmarks in the reporting family.

Bottom line: Factuality benchmarks are intentionally narrow — SimpleQA and HLE-no-tools are the primary signals. Claude Mythos Preview leads, but this category is still maturing.

According to BenchLM.ai, DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads this ranking with a score of 57.9, followed by Claude Mythos Preview (56.8) and DeepSeek V4 Pro Base (55.2). The top three are separated by just a few points — any of them would perform well for this use case.

The best open-weight option is DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) (ranked #1 with a score of 57.9). Open-weight models are highly competitive in this category — self-hosting is a viable alternative to proprietary APIs.

This ranking is based on provisional overall weighted scores across BenchLM.ai's scoring formula tracked by BenchLM.ai. For detailed model profiles, click any model name below. To compare two specific models head-to-head, use the "vs #" links.

What changed

Claude Mythos Preview leads factuality with the best SimpleQA and HLE-no-tools scores.

Gemini 3.1 Pro strong factuality for a non-reasoning model.

GPT-5.4 solid SimpleQA performance, especially on knowledge-heavy queries.

How to choose

Full Rankings (23 models)

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

57.9

sourced avg

Claude Mythos Preview
Anthropic·Proprietary·1M

56.8

sourced avg

DeepSeek V4 Pro Base
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

55.2

sourced avg

4
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive)
Anthropic·Proprietary·1M

46.9

sourced avg

5
DeepSeek V4 Pro (High)
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

46.2

sourced avg

6
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google·Proprietary·1M

45.4

sourced avg

7
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

45

sourced avg

8
GPT-5.5 Pro
OpenAI·Proprietary·1M

43.1

sourced avg

9
Muse Spark
Meta·Proprietary·262K

42.8

sourced avg

10
GPT-5.4 Pro
OpenAI·Proprietary·1.05M

42.7

sourced avg

11
GPT-5.5
OpenAI·Proprietary·1M

41.4

sourced avg

12
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic·Proprietary·1M

40

sourced avg

13
GPT-5.4
OpenAI·Proprietary·1.05M

39.8

sourced avg

14
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max)
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

34.1

sourced avg

15
MiMo-V2.5-Pro
Xiaomi·Proprietary·1M

34

sourced avg

16
Grok 4.20
xAI·Proprietary·2M

31.6

sourced avg

17
DeepSeek V4 Flash Base
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

30.1

sourced avg

18
DeepSeek V4 Flash (High)
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

28.9

sourced avg

19
GPT-5.4 mini
OpenAI·Proprietary·400K

28.2

sourced avg

20
GPT-5.4 nano
OpenAI·Proprietary·400K

24.3

sourced avg

21
DeepSeek V4 Flash
DeepSeek·Open Weight·1M

23.1

sourced avg

22
Gemma 4 31B
Google·Open Weight·256K

19.5

sourced avg

23
Gemma 4 26B A4B
Google·Open Weight·256K

8.7

sourced avg

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Key Takeaways

The top model on this sourced reporting-family slice is DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) by DeepSeek with an average of 57.9.

The best open-weight model is DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) at position #1.

23 models are listed with sourced benchmark coverage in this reporting family.

Score in Context

What these scores mean

This is a reporting family ranking, not a weighted category. It averages sourced factuality benchmarks to give a focused view of this capability.

Known limitations

Models must have sourced results on at least a quarter of the benchmarks in this family to be included. Coverage varies — a model with 2 benchmark scores is less reliable than one with 5.

Last updated: May 22, 2026

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