Best AI for Analyst research (November 2026)

Data refreshed 1 Nov 2026

Claude Opus 5.5 leads Finance Agent Benchmark with 67.8 (Partial Credit accuracy %). FinAgentTest leads FinDeepResearch with 41.9 (overall accuracy score (0-100)). Samaya Sterling leads FrontierFinance with 58.9 (rubrics qualification rate %). Gemini 4 Carbon leads Vals Finance Index with 66.3 (index accuracy %). Gemini leads FinResearchBench with 76.6 (Final Score (0-100)). OpenAI leads Deep FinResearch Bench with 86 (overall factual claim rate %).

Benchmarks in this use case
6
With dated scores
6
Models with scores
41
Latest source date
29 Oct 2026

Analyst research picks

The leader on each benchmark, never combined

  • Best on Finance Agent Benchmark

    Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic

    67.8 Partial Credit accuracy %

    Official board, 29 Oct 2026

  • Best on FinDeepResearch

    FinAgentTestMaker not stated

    41.9 overall accuracy score (0-100)

    Official board, 23 Mar 2026

  • Best on FrontierFinance

    Samaya SterlingSamaya AI

    58.9 rubrics qualification rate %

    Official board, 28 Oct 2026

  • Best on Vals Finance Index

    Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle

    66.3 index accuracy %

    Official board, 29 Oct 2026

  • Best on FinResearchBench

    GeminiGoogle

    76.6 Final Score (0-100)

    Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025

  • Best on Deep FinResearch Bench

    OpenAIOpenAI

    86 overall factual claim rate %

    Reported by the authors, 22 Apr 2026

Analyst research leaderboard

Finance Agent Benchmark v2.1

Partial Credit accuracy %, higher is better. Top 5 of 10 models.

Updated 29 Oct 2026

  1. 1Claude Opus 5.567.8
  2. 2Gemini 4 Argon67.7
  3. 3Wonder Full67.6
  4. 4Claude Sonnet 5.567.3
  5. 5Gemini 4 Carbon67.2
Finance Agent Benchmark leaderboard (Partial Credit accuracy %, higher is better)
1Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic67.8v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
2Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle67.7v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
3Wonder FullNot stated67.6v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
4Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic67.3v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
5Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle67.2v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
6Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle65.8v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
7WonderNot stated65.5v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
8DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek65.4v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
9Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic65.4v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
10GLM 5.3Zhipu AI65v2.1 test setVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026

FinDeepResearch Paper v2 (2026-01-07); latest board entry 2026-03-23

overall accuracy score (0-100), higher is better. Top 5 of 10 models.

Updated 23 Mar 2026

  1. 1FinAgentTest41.9
  2. 2Gemini 3 Pro Deep Research38
  3. 3OpenAI o3-deep-research37.9
  4. 4grok-437.3
  5. 5Gemini 2.5 Pro36.2
FinDeepResearch leaderboard (overall accuracy score (0-100), higher is better)
1FinAgentTestNot stated41.9Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 23 Mar 2026
2Gemini 3 Pro Deep ResearchGoogle38Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 30 Dec 2025
3OpenAI o3-deep-researchOpenAI37.9Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025
4grok-4xAI37.3Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025
5Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle36.2Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025
6OpenAI GPT-5OpenAI33Thinking + SearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025
7Gemini 3 ProGoogle32.7Thinking + SearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 30 Dec 2025
8Tongyi Deep ResearchQwen32.1Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025
9claude-sonnet-4.5Anthropic25.8Thinking + SearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025
10Perplexity Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity24.7Deep ResearchOpenFinArena leaderboard
Official board, 15 Oct 2025

FrontierFinance 2026-10-28

rubrics qualification rate %, higher is better. Top 5 of 10 models.

Updated 28 Oct 2026

  1. 1Samaya Sterling58.9
  2. 2Legacy Samaya System (high effort)56
  3. 3Claude Fable 5.1 · Finance Agent v255.9
  4. 4Muse Spark Open · Finance Agent v253.7
  5. 5Legacy Samaya System52.9
FrontierFinance leaderboard (rubrics qualification rate %, higher is better)
1Samaya SterlingSamaya AI58.9Samaya harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
2Legacy Samaya System (high effort)Samaya AI56Samaya harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
3Claude Fable 5.1 · Finance Agent v2Anthropic55.9Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
4Muse Spark Open · Finance Agent v2Not stated53.7Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
5Legacy Samaya SystemSamaya AI52.9Samaya harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
6Muse Wonder 1.0 · Finance Agent v2Not stated52.6Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
7Claude Opus 5.5 · Finance Agent v2Anthropic50.9Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
8Gemini 3.8 Flash · Finance Agent v2Google50Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
9Claude Fable 5 · Finance Agent v2Anthropic49.2Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026
10GPT 5.6 Sol · Finance Agent v2OpenAI46.8Finance Agent v2 harnessSamaya leaderboard
Official board, 28 Oct 2026

Vals Finance Index v1 (released 2026-10-21)

index accuracy %, higher is better. Top 5 of 10 models.

Updated 29 Oct 2026

  1. 1Gemini 4 Carbon66.3
  2. 2Claude Opus 5.565.6
  3. 3Gemini 4 Argon64.9
  4. 4Wonder Full64.5
  5. 5Claude Sonnet 5.564.5
Vals Finance Index leaderboard (index accuracy %, higher is better)
1Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle66.3DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
2Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic65.6DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
3Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle64.9DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
4Wonder FullNot stated64.5DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
5Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic64.5DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
6Qwen 3.8 Max 0902Qwen61.7DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
7WonderNot stated61.2DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
8DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek60.9DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
9GLM 5.3Zhipu AI60.5DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026
10Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle60.5DefaultVals.ai leaderboard
Official board, 29 Oct 2026

FinResearchBench arXiv v3 (2025-10-20)

Final Score (0-100), higher is better. Top 5 of 8 models.

Updated 20 Oct 2025

  1. 1Gemini76.6
  2. 2OpenAI74.2
  3. 3Cashcat Pro70.7
  4. 4Minimax*67.7
  5. 5Reportify67.2
FinResearchBench leaderboard (Final Score (0-100), higher is better)
1GeminiGoogle76.6all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
2OpenAIOpenAI74.2all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
3Cashcat ProNot stated70.7all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
4Minimax*MiniMax67.7all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
5ReportifyNot stated67.2all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
6PerplexityPerplexity67.0all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
7Genspark*Not stated64.3all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025
8AutoGLMZhipu AI60.0all 70 questionsPaper Table 1
Reported by the authors, 20 Oct 2025

Deep FinResearch Bench arXiv v1 (2026-04-22)

overall factual claim rate %, higher is better. 4 models.

Updated 22 Apr 2026

  1. 1OpenAI86
  2. 2Perplexity75.6
  3. 3Gemini69.6
  4. 4Grok53.2
Deep FinResearch Bench leaderboard (overall factual claim rate %, higher is better)
1OpenAIOpenAI86OpenAI DR (GPT-o3), Firm A-structured reportsPaper Table 7
Reported by the authors, 22 Apr 2026
2PerplexityPerplexity75.6Perplexity DR (Sonar Reasoning), Firm A-structured reportsPaper Table 7
Reported by the authors, 22 Apr 2026
3GeminiGoogle69.6Gemini DR (Gemini 2.5 Pro), Firm A-structured reportsPaper Table 7
Reported by the authors, 22 Apr 2026
4GrokxAI53.2Grok DR (Grok 4), Firm A-structured reportsPaper Table 7
Reported by the authors, 22 Apr 2026