February 2026 Results Live

MASE Business AI
Benchmark

The first benchmark for real-world business AI performance.
70 tasks. 7 categories. 8 models. Zero BS.

8
Models Tested
70
Business Tasks
7
Categories
210
Total Runs

February 2026 Leaderboard

Overall MASE Score (Quality × Consistency)

Last updated: Feb 7, 2026
Rank Model Provider MASE Score Best For
1 Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic
8.72
Complex reasoning, agentic tasks
2 GPT-5.2 OpenAI
8.64
Balanced performance, speed
3 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI
8.58
Maximum precision tasks
4 Gemini 3 Pro Google
8.31
Multimodal, document processing
5 Claude Sonnet 4.5 Anthropic
8.19
Best value for quality
6 Llama 4 Maverick Meta
7.84
Self-hosted, cost-sensitive
7 Mistral Large 3 Mistral
7.71
European deployment
8 Gemini 3 Flash Google
7.42
High-volume, speed-critical

Performance by Category

How each model performs across 7 business task categories

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Cost-Adjusted Rankings

MASE-Cost Score = Quality per dollar spent (higher = better value)

Best Value

Gemini 3 Flash
$0.015/task • 7.42 quality
4,942
Llama 4 Maverick
$0.020/task • 7.84 quality
3,920
Claude Sonnet 4.5
$0.030/task • 8.19 quality
2,730

Best Quality

Claude Opus 4.6
$0.050/task • 9.2 consistency
8.72
GPT-5.2
$0.035/task • 8.8 consistency
8.64
GPT-5.2 Pro
$0.210/task • 7.9 consistency
8.58

The Verdict

Claude Opus 4.6 leads on raw quality, but Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Gemini 3 Flash offer the best return on investment for most business applications.

The gap between frontier and efficiency tiers has narrowed dramatically—you're no longer paying 10x for 10% better results.

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