Long Context benchmark

# Fiction.LiveBench leaderboard

> Fiction.LiveBench results for 47 AI models, led by GPT-5 at 97.2%. What the benchmark measures, who runs it, and a source for every score.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/benchmarks/fiction-livebench
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Fiction.LiveBench Leaderboard (October 2026): Scores by Model

As of October 2026, GPT-5 has the highest published Fiction.LiveBench score on Noometry at 97.2%, out of 47 models with results.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## About Fiction.LiveBench

Comprehension questions about long fiction stories that require tracking plot and characters across the text. Scores here are at 16k tokens.

- **Category:** [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context)
- **Introduced:** 2025
- **Format:** Long-context QA
- **Unit:** Percent (random guessing ≈ 0%)
- **Official site:** [fiction.live](https://fiction.live)

## Top 15 models

Top models on Fiction.LiveBench

1.  GPT-5 97.2%
2.  o3-pro 97.2%
3.  Grok 4 94.4%
4.  Grok 4 Fast 94.4%
5.  Gemini 2.5 Pro 91.7%
6.  o3 88.9%
7.  Kimi K2.5 86.1%
8.  Claude 3.7 Sonnet 83.3%
9.  DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp 83.3%
10.  o1 83.3%
11.  QwQ-32B 83.3%
12.  Gemini 2.5 Flash 77.8%
13.  o4-mini 77.8%
14.  DeepSeek-R1 75%
15.  Qwen3 235B-A22B 75%
16.  60708090100

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## All results

Fiction.LiveBench results by model
| # | Model | Provider | Score | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [GPT-5](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-5) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 97.2% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 2 | [o3-pro](https://noometry.com/models/o3-pro) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 97.2% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 3 | [Grok 4](https://noometry.com/models/grok-4) | [xAI](https://noometry.com/providers/xai) | 94.4% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 4 | [Grok 4 Fast](https://noometry.com/models/grok-4-fast) | [xAI](https://noometry.com/providers/xai) | 94.4% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 5 | [Gemini 2.5 Pro](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-5-pro) |  [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google) | 91.7% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 6 | [o3](https://noometry.com/models/o3) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 88.9% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 7 | [Kimi K2.5](https://noometry.com/models/kimi-k2-5) | [Moonshot AI](https://noometry.com/providers/moonshot) | 86.1% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 8 | [Claude 3.7 Sonnet](https://noometry.com/models/claude-3-7-sonnet) | [Anthropic](https://noometry.com/providers/anthropic) | 83.3% | 8K | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 9 | [DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-v3-2-exp) |  [![](/logos/deepseek.svg) DeepSeek](https://noometry.com/providers/deepseek) | 83.3% | high | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 10 | [o1](https://noometry.com/models/o1) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 83.3% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 11 | [QwQ-32B](https://noometry.com/models/qwq-32b) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 83.3% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 12 | [Gemini 2.5 Flash](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-5-flash) |  [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google) | 77.8% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 13 | [o4-mini](https://noometry.com/models/o4-mini) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 77.8% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 14 | [DeepSeek-R1](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-r1) |  [![](/logos/deepseek.svg) DeepSeek](https://noometry.com/providers/deepseek) | 75% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 15 | [Qwen3 235B-A22B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-235b-a22b) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 75% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 16 | [Qwen3 32B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-32b) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 74.2% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 17 | [GPT-5 Mini](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-5-mini) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 69.4% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 18 | [MiniMax M1](https://noometry.com/models/minimax-m1) |  [![](/logos/minimax.svg) MiniMax](https://noometry.com/providers/minimax) | 69.4% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 19 | [GPT-4o](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4o) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 66.7% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 20 | [Grok-3 mini](https://noometry.com/models/grok-3-mini) | [xAI](https://noometry.com/providers/xai) | 66.7% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 21 | [Kimi K2 (Jul 2025)](https://noometry.com/models/kimi-k2) | [Moonshot AI](https://noometry.com/providers/moonshot) | 66.7% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 22 | [Qwen Max](https://noometry.com/models/qwen-max) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 66.7% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 23 | [Qwen3 Max](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-max) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 66.7% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 24 | [GPT-4.1](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4-1) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 63.9% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 25 | [GPT-4.5](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4-5) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 63.9% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 26 | [Qwen3 14B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-14b) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 62.5% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 27 | [Qwen3 8B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-8b) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 62.1% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 28 | [Claude Opus 4](https://noometry.com/models/claude-opus-4) | [Anthropic](https://noometry.com/providers/anthropic) | 61.1% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 29 | [Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-0-flash) |  [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google) | 61.1% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 30 | [GLM-4.5](https://noometry.com/models/glm-4-5) | [Z.ai (Zhipu)](https://noometry.com/providers/zai) | 58.3% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 31 | [Grok 3](https://noometry.com/models/grok-3) | [xAI](https://noometry.com/providers/xai) | 58.3% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 32 | [Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 55.6% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 33 | [DeepSeek-V3.1](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-v3-1) |  [![](/logos/deepseek.svg) DeepSeek](https://noometry.com/providers/deepseek) | 52.8% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 34 | [DeepSeek-V3](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-v3) |  [![](/logos/deepseek.svg) DeepSeek](https://noometry.com/providers/deepseek) | 50% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 35 | [o3-mini](https://noometry.com/models/o3-mini) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 50% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 36 | [Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-5-flash-lite) |  [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google) | 47.2% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 37 | [Claude Sonnet 4](https://noometry.com/models/claude-sonnet-4) | [Anthropic](https://noometry.com/providers/anthropic) | 46.9% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 38 | [Llama 4 Maverick](https://noometry.com/models/llama-4-maverick) |  [![](/logos/meta.svg) Meta](https://noometry.com/providers/meta) | 46.2% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 39 | [GPT-4.1 mini](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4-1-mini) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 44.4% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 40 | [GPT-5 Nano](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-5-nano) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 44.4% | medium | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 41 | [gpt-oss-120b](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-oss-120b) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 44.4% | high | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 42 | [Gemini 2.0 Pro](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-2-0-pro) |  [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google) | 41.7% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 43 | [Qwen3-30B-A3B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-30b-a3b) |  [![](/logos/alibaba.svg) Alibaba (Qwen)](https://noometry.com/providers/alibaba) | 40.6% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 44 | [Llama 4 Scout](https://noometry.com/models/llama-4-scout) |  [![](/logos/meta.svg) Meta](https://noometry.com/providers/meta) | 36% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 45 | [Gemma 3 27B](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-3-27b) |  [![](/logos/google.svg) Google](https://noometry.com/providers/google) | 33.3% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 46 | [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/llama-3-3-70b-instruct) |  [![](/logos/meta.svg) Meta](https://noometry.com/providers/meta) | 33.3% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| 47 | [GPT-4.1 nano](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4-1-nano) | [OpenAI](https://noometry.com/providers/openai) | 25% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

## Compare the leaders

-   [GPT-5 vs o3-pro](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-vs-o3-pro)
-   [GPT-5 vs Grok 4](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-vs-grok-4)
-   [GPT-5 vs Grok 4 Fast](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-vs-grok-4-fast)
-   [GPT-5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-2-5-pro-vs-gpt-5)
-   [o3-pro vs Grok 4](https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-vs-o3-pro)
-   [o3-pro vs Grok 4 Fast](https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-fast-vs-o3-pro)

## Other long context benchmarks

-   [CL-bench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/cl-bench)
-   [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query)
-   [CL-bench Life](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/cl-bench-life)

## Frequently asked questions

### What does Fiction.LiveBench measure?

Comprehension questions about long fiction stories that require tracking plot and characters across the text. Scores here are at 16k tokens.

### Which model has the highest Fiction.LiveBench score?

As of October 2026, GPT-5 has the highest published Fiction.LiveBench score on Noometry at 97.2%, out of 47 models with results.

### What is the best open-weight model on Fiction.LiveBench?

Kimi K2.5 has the highest Fiction.LiveBench accuracy among open-weight models at 86.1%, ranking 7 of 47 overall.

### Cite this page

Noometry. (2026). Fiction.LiveBench leaderboard. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://noometry.com/benchmarks/fiction-livebench

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