# V*

> A vision-centric benchmark for high-level multimodal reasoning and perception quality.

Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/benchmarks/vstar

- Category: [Multimodal & Grounded](/multimodal-grounded)
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

## About V*

- Year: 2026
- Tasks: Frontier multimodal reasoning tasks
- Format: Vision-centric reasoning benchmark
- Difficulty: Frontier multimodal
- Paper: [GLM-5V-Turbo](https://docs.z.ai/guides/vlm/glm-5v-turbo)

BenchLM tracks V* as a display-only frontier multimodal benchmark reference outside the current weighted schema.

V* is currently displayed on BenchLM for reference, but it is excluded from the weighted scoring formula.

## Leaderboard (11 models)

| Rank | Model | Creator | Score |
|------|-------|---------|-------|
| 1 | [Kimi K2.6](/models/kimi-2-6) | Moonshot AI | 96.9% |
| 2 | [Qwen3.6 Plus](/models/qwen3-6-plus) | Alibaba | 96.9% |
| 3 | [Qwen3.5 397B](/models/qwen3-5-397b) | Alibaba | 95.8% |
| 4 | [Step 3.7 Flash](/models/step-3-7-flash) | StepFun | 95.3% |
| 5 | [Qwen3.6-27B](/models/qwen3-6-27b) | Alibaba | 94.7% |
| 6 | [Qwen3.5-27B](/models/qwen3-5-27b) | Alibaba | 93.7% |
| 7 | [Qwen3.5-122B-A10B](/models/qwen3-5-122b-a10b) | Alibaba | 93.2% |
| 8 | [Qwen3.5-35B-A3B](/models/qwen3-5-35b-a3b) | Alibaba | 92.7% |
| 9 | [Gemini 3 Pro](/models/gemini-3-pro) | Google | 88.0% |
| 10 | [GPT-5.2](/models/gpt-5-2) | OpenAI | 75.9% |
| 11 | [Claude Opus 4.5](/models/claude-opus-4-5) | Anthropic | 67.0% |

## FAQ

### What does V* measure?

A vision-centric benchmark for high-level multimodal reasoning and perception quality.

### Which model scores highest on V*?

Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI currently leads with a score of 96.9% on V*.

### How many models are evaluated on V*?

11 AI models have been evaluated on V* on BenchLM.

### Does V* affect BenchLM's overall score?

Not directly. V* is still displayed on BenchLM for reference, but it is excluded from the weighted scoring formula.

## Compare Top Models on V*

- [Kimi K2.6 vs Qwen3.6 Plus](/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-qwen3-6-plus)
- [Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.5 397B](/compare/qwen3-5-397b-vs-qwen3-6-plus)
- [Qwen3.5 397B vs Step 3.7 Flash](/compare/qwen3-5-397b-vs-step-3-7-flash)
- [Step 3.7 Flash vs Qwen3.6-27B](/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-step-3-7-flash)