GPT-5 vs Grok 4 in finance

Every finance benchmark where both have a score (OpenAI and xAI). Data refreshed 2 Nov 2026.

Shared benchmarks
2
GPT-5 only
5
Grok 4 only
3

Shared benchmarks, side by side

Each benchmark is drawn on its own scale. Bars are not comparable across rows.

  • GPT-5
  • Grok 4
Benchmark
GPT-5
Grok 4

12 benchmarks, 3 scored for both. Bold marks the better score where both have one.

Reasoning Models Ace the CFA Exams (CFA mock-exam evaluation)Level I accuracy %, higher is better
96.1
Paper Table 5 (Reported by the authors, 9 Dec 2025)
94.8
Paper Table 5 (Reported by the authors, 9 Dec 2025)
Reasoning Models Ace the CFA Exams (CFA mock-exam evaluation)Level III constructed-response score %, higher is better
71.8
Paper Table 5 (Reported by the authors, 9 Dec 2025)
71.2
Paper Table 5 (Reported by the authors, 9 Dec 2025)
LiveTradeBenchcumulative return %, higher is better
5.3
Paper Table 2 (Reported by the authors, 5 Nov 2025)
4.3
Paper Table 2 (Reported by the authors, 5 Nov 2025)
Market-Benchmean MAE, lower is better
Not scored
443.2
marketbench.ai leaderboard (Official board, date not stated)
AI-Tradercumulative return %, higher is better
1.6
Paper Table 1 (Reported by the authors, 1 Dec 2025)
Not scored
CAIA (Crypto AI Agent Benchmark)accuracy % (majority vote, 5 runs), higher is better
67.4
Paper Tables 2-3 (Reported by the authors, 17 Jan 2026)
Not scored
FinDeepResearchoverall accuracy score (0-100), higher is better
Not scored
37.3
OpenFinArena leaderboard (Official board, 15 Oct 2025)
FinSearchCompGlobal subset average accuracy %, higher is better
Not scored
68.9
Paper Table 5 (Reported by the authors, 16 Sept 2025)
FinSearchCompGreater China subset average accuracy %, higher is better
Not scored
51.9
Paper Table 5 (Reported by the authors, 16 Sept 2025)
K-FinHallubinary detection F1, higher is better
0.823
Paper Table 3 (Reported by the authors, 28 May 2026)
Not scored
PRBench Financeweighted rubric score (0-100), higher is better
51.3
Scale Labs leaderboard (Official board, date not stated)
Not scored
StockBenchfinal return %, higher is better
0.300
Paper Table 2 (Reported by the authors, 2 Mar 2026)
Not scored

Scores from different benchmarks use different scales and are not added up. Settings can differ between sources; see each leaderboard for details.