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Best LLMs for scientific research in a terminal

Terminal-Bench-Science

Tests computational research workflows, helping you assess what analysis and execution you could delegate so you can focus on interpreting results. Native-agent and independent setups remain separate, and success does not establish a scientific discovery's validity.

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Official benchmark
Terminal-Bench-Science results. Each row identifies its benchmark version and evaluation track. Scores from different versions are not directly comparable. Best effort from the latest stored report date per model and version.
Model / creatorVersionReported score
Claude Mythos 5.2Anthropic · Proprietary0.1 / Claude Code / offline75.3%
Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic · Proprietary0.1 / Claude Code / offline74.6%
Claude Fable 5.2Anthropic · Proprietary0.1 / independent mini-swe-agent73.333%
GPT-6 AstraOpenAI · Proprietary0.1 / Claude Code / offline68.1%
Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle · Proprietary0.1 / Claude Code / offline64.8%
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · Proprietary0.1 / Claude Code / offline58.7%
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic · Proprietary0.1 / Claude Code / offline52.6%
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0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: max · safeguards: false · November 9 launch-table comparison; highest available effort unless explicitly noted. Preserve the benchmark track and model configuration; competitor figures are as reported by Anthropic. · Tools enabled

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0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: max · 70 tasks; 10 trials/task; Claude Code --bare; offline/cached resources; standard error ±4.3 points clustered by task. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: max · 70 tasks; 10 trials/task; Claude Code --bare; offline/cached resources; standard error ±4.3 points clustered by task. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: highest available · November 9 launch-table comparison; highest available effort unless explicitly noted. Preserve the benchmark track and model configuration; competitor figures are as reported by Anthropic. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: highest available · November 9 launch-table comparison; highest available effort unless explicitly noted. Preserve the benchmark track and model configuration; competitor figures are as reported by Anthropic. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: highest available · November 9 launch-table comparison; highest available effort unless explicitly noted. Preserve the benchmark track and model configuration; competitor figures are as reported by Anthropic. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
0.1 / Claude Code / offline

effort: highest available · November 9 launch-table comparison; highest available effort unless explicitly noted. Preserve the benchmark track and model configuration; competitor figures are as reported by Anthropic. · Tools enabled

Anthropic ↗
0.1 / independent mini-swe-agent

effort: max · Claude Fable 5.2 (Max, Default Fallback); exact independent record; implementation per archived benchmarking methodology. · Tools enabled

0.1 / independent mini-swe-agent

effort: high · Claude Fable 5.2 (High, Default Fallback); exact independent record; implementation per archived benchmarking methodology. · Tools enabled

0.1 / independent mini-swe-agent

effort: xhigh · Claude Fable 5.2 (Xhigh, Default Fallback); exact independent record; implementation per archived benchmarking methodology. · Tools enabled

0.1 / independent mini-swe-agent

effort: medium · Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback); exact independent record; implementation per archived benchmarking methodology. · Tools enabled

0.1 / independent mini-swe-agent

effort: low · Claude Fable 5.2 (Low, Default Fallback); exact independent record; implementation per archived benchmarking methodology. · Tools enabled