TroubleshootingBench
Can the model reason accurately about difficult scientific material?
Top rankings
One row per model, using its best reported score across effort settings.
| Rank | Model | Best score | Best reported setting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | 48.44% | Reported configurationOpenAI report1 value · 1 reportSep 3, 2026 · source |
Effort curve
Every sourced cost-linked effort value for this exact version. Lines connect complete sweeps only.
Definition and comparison boundaryinternal methodology
Can the model reason accurately about difficult scientific material?
Scientific knowledge and reasoning under the benchmark's published question set. Higher is better. Original score reported by OpenAI on expert-written troubleshooting questions.
This is a publisher-defined internal evaluation. The task set or grading details are not fully public, so treat it as directional evidence.
OpenAI reports 48.44% for Astra and a refusal-adjusted score of 63.46% on 156 questions from 52 private protocols, with a human baseline campaign involving 12 independent PhD experts; the adjusted value is retained separately.
Method / source