Facts Grounding

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    As of August 31, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is #1 for Facts Grounding at 87.8%. Ranked by the Facts Grounding score 13 models in this index have a published Facts Grounding score. Facts Grounding leaderboard: rank models by Facts Grounding next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers

    Facts Grounding vs price

    13 models. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price — a dot under it is a worse deal than something on the line.

    Best score at each price#1 on this board
    Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
    Google · Proprietary
    87.8%$11.25
    Gemini 2.5 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    85.3%$2.80
    Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteOSS
    Google · Open Source
    84.1%$0.50
    Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
    Google · Proprietary
    83.6%$0.37
    Gemini 2.0 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    83.6%$0.50
    Gemma 3 12BOSS
    Google · Open Source
    75.8%$0.15
    Gemma 3 27BOSS
    Google · Open Source
    74.9%$0.30
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google · Proprietary
    70.5%$14.00
    Gemma 3 4BOSS
    Google · Open Source
    70.1%$0.06
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google · Proprietary
    61.9%$3.50
    GLM-5V-TurboOSS
    Z AI · Open Source
    58.6%$5.20
    Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
    Google · Proprietary
    40.6%$1.75
    Gemma 3 1BOSS
    Google · Open Source
    36.4%$0.06
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    $12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $12.00
    Codestral-22BOSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    $1.20
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $12.50
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $3.00
    Composer 2 Fast
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $9.00
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.50
    DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.30
    DeepSeek VL2OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via Replicate
    $2.80
    DeepSeek VL2 SmallOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via Replicate
    $1.70
    DeepSeek VL2 TinyOSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source · via Replicate
    $0.90
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-R1-0528OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $2.74
    DeepSeek-V2.5OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $0.42
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek · Open Source
    $1.37
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    Which model leads Facts Grounding right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 by Google is #1 for Facts Grounding at 87.8%. Ranked by the Facts Grounding score This board also tracks Facts Grounding. Next on the same board: Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite. This facts grounding leaderboard ranks models by Facts Grounding. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for facts grounding. Ranked by the Facts Grounding score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelFacts GroundingInput /MOutput /M
    1Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-0587.8%$1.25$10.00
    2Gemini 2.5 Flash85.3%$0.30$2.50
    3Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite84.1%$0.10$0.40
    4Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite83.6%$0.07$0.30
    5Gemini 2.0 Flash83.6%$0.10$0.40
    6Gemma 3 12B75.8%$0.05$0.10
    7Gemma 3 27B74.9%$0.10$0.20
    8Gemini 3 Pro70.5%$2.00$12.00

    Facts Grounding FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the Facts Grounding leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 by Google ranks #1 on Facts Grounding at 87.8%. API pricing is $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output.

    What are the top models on Facts Grounding?

    The current Facts Grounding ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 at 87.8%; 2. Gemini 2.5 Flash at 85.3%; 3. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite at 84.1%.

    Which facts grounding model is the cheapest?

    Gemma 3 4B is the cheapest scored model on this facts grounding leaderboard at $0.02/M input and $0.04/M output ($0.06 blended). Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 still leads Facts Grounding at 87.8%.

    Should I always pick the #1 Facts Grounding model?

    Not automatically. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 leads Facts Grounding, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Facts Grounding against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the Facts Grounding leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 31, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is Facts Grounding?

    Facts Grounding is a public LLM eval (the Facts Grounding score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the Facts Grounding leaderboard?

    This page is the Facts Grounding leaderboard. Models are sorted by Facts Grounding, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this Facts Grounding ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Facts Grounding score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.