What PinchBench Tests

PinchBench evaluates AI models on 6 real-world agent scenarios: coding agent (LiveCodeBench, TerminalBench, SciCode), reasoning & logic (GPQA, AIME 2025, MATH-500, HLE), instruction following (IFBench, MMLU-Pro), research & analysis, and tool use & agentic (τ²-bench, LCR). For raw academic scores, see our full LLM benchmark leaderboard, and for raw speed numbers, the AI model speed rankings.

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PinchBench — Real-World AI Agent Benchmarks

How do AI models perform on real agent tasks? PinchBench scores 540+ models across coding, reasoning, tool use, and instruction following — with live pricing data.

Models Tested
540
Scenarios
6
Avg Score
33.5
Best Value
Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)
Overall

Balanced score across all agent capabilities

intelligence index (15%)coding index (15%)math index (10%)gpqa (10%)livecodebench (10%)ifbench (10%)tau2 (10%)terminalbench hard (10%)hle (10%)
🥇#171.9
Anthropic

Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)

Price
$20.00
Speed
67
Efficiency
3.6
🥈#270.3
OpenAI

GPT-5.5 (xhigh)

Price
$11.25
Speed
71
Efficiency
6.3
🥉#369.1
SpaceXAI

Grok 4.5 (high)

Price
$3.00
Speed
Efficiency
23.0
#ModelScoreBarInput $/MOutput $/MSpeedTTFTEfficiency
1
Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)
Anthropic
71.9
$10.00$50.006763.44s3.6
2
GPT-5.5 (xhigh)
OpenAI
70.3
$5.00$30.007152.79s6.3
3
Grok 4.5 (high)
SpaceXAI
69.1
$2.00$6.0023.0
4
GPT-5.2 (xhigh)
OpenAI
68.7
$1.75$14.0085121.19s14.3
5
Claude Opus 4.8 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Anthropic
68.5
$5.00$25.006225.18s6.8
6
GPT-5.5 (high)
OpenAI
68.5
$5.00$30.007220.80s6.1
7
Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
Google
67.5
$2.00$12.0015.0
8
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Google
67.3
$2.00$12.0013023.89s15.0
9
GPT-5.5 (medium)
OpenAI
67.0
$5.00$30.00715.76s6.0
10
GPT-5.4 (xhigh)
OpenAI
67.0
$2.50$15.00182130.02s11.9
11
Gemini 3 Flash Preview (Reasoning)
Google
66.6
$0.50$3.002095.83s59.2
12
GLM-5.2 (max)
Z AI
66.6
$1.40$4.401890.91s31.0
13
Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)
Google
65.8
$1.50$9.0024313.94s19.5
14
Qwen3.7 Max
Alibaba
65.6
$2.50$7.502011.55s17.5
15
Claude Opus 4.7 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Anthropic
65.1
$5.00$25.005518.79s6.5
16
Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)
Anthropic
64.6
$5.00$25.006810.72s6.5
17
GPT-5 Codex (high)
OpenAI
64.1
$1.25$10.001697.83s18.7
18
Claude Sonnet 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)
Anthropic
63.6
$2.00$10.0084141.47s15.9
19
GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)
OpenAI
63.4
$1.75$14.009275.26s13.2
20
GPT-5.2 (medium)
OpenAI
63.2
$1.75$14.0013.1

💰 Best Cost Efficiency — Overall

Score per dollar (higher = better value). Only models with pricing data.

1
Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning)
648.4$0.06
2
HyperNova 60B 2605
582.7$0.07
3
Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning)
553.1$0.06
4
gpt-oss-20b (high)
494.3$0.09
5
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
476.8$0.09
6
Sarvam 30B (high)
469.5$0.05
7
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning)
450.4$0.07
8
Gemma 3n E4B Instruct
418.5$0.03
9
MiMo-V2-Flash (Reasoning)
410.1$0.15
10
gpt-oss-20b (low)
406.0$0.10

⚡ Score vs Speed — Overall

Models in the top-right are both fast and capable.

Inception
Mercury 2
Score
45.8
Speed
1194
StepFun
Step 3.7 Flash
Score
50.3
Speed
393
Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-1.6B
Score
11.9
Speed
455
Multiverse Computing
HyperNova 60B 2605
Score
37.9
Speed
351
IBM
Granite 4.0 H Small
Score
16.8
Speed
397
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b (low)
Score
40.6
Speed
329
Google
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Score
40.1
Speed
311
Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash (high)
Score
65.8
Speed
243
OpenAI
gpt-oss-120b (high)
Score
51.7
Speed
271
Liquid AI
LFM2.5-8B-A1B
Score
22.6
Speed
342

Frequently Asked Questions

What is PinchBench and how does it differ from traditional benchmarks?

PinchBench evaluates AI models on real-world agent tasks spanning coding, reasoning, tool use, and instruction following. Unlike academic benchmarks that test isolated capabilities, PinchBench combines multiple benchmark dimensions to reflect how models perform as autonomous agents in practical workflows.

Which scenarios does PinchBench test?

PinchBench covers 6 scenarios: Coding Agent (code generation, debugging, terminal use), Reasoning & Logic (math, science, multi-step problems), Instruction Following (format compliance, structured output), Research & Analysis (scientific reasoning, knowledge), Tool Use & Agentic (multi-turn orchestration, planning), and an Overall balanced score.

How are scores calculated?

Each scenario uses a weighted combination of relevant benchmarks. For example, Coding Agent combines LiveCodeBench, TerminalBench, SciCode, and the Artificial Analysis Coding Index. Scores are normalized to 0-100. Cost efficiency is calculated as score divided by price per million tokens.

Why do real-world results differ from academic benchmarks?

Academic benchmarks test specific skills in controlled conditions. Real agent tasks require combining multiple skills — a model might score well on individual benchmarks but struggle when tasks require coding + tool use + instruction following simultaneously. PinchBench's weighted scenario scores better approximate this combined performance.

How often is the data updated?

PinchBench data refreshes hourly from the Artificial Analysis API, ensuring you see the latest benchmark scores and pricing for all models.