First publication run after methodology lock. Tools tested: Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Perplexity Pro Search, Mistral Large 2. Most-improved-since-last-run: Claude Opus 4.7 on legal-research tasks (long-context). Top score this run: Claude Opus 4.7 on lawyer/case-summary task (8.6/10).
Run · 2026-04 · methodology 1.0
April 2026 benchmark run
Profession-specific tasks across the major AI tools, run between 15–21 Apr 2026 against current public model versions. Scores are mean across 3 runs per task. Open dataset under CC-BY-4.0.
Scores by profession × tool
| Profession | Claude Opus 4.7 | Gemini 2.5 Pro | GPT-5 | Mistral Large 2 | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| Accountant | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Lawyer | 8.5 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| Software Developer | 8.5 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| Graphic Designer | 7.2 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Journalist | 7.2 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 7.9 |