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SkillsBench Leaderboard

10 models
ContextCostLicense
1
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2.4T1.0M$1.65 / $4.95
2770B——
3
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
—1.0M$1.25 / $3.75
4
Tencent
Tencent
295B262K$0.14 / $0.58
5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
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6
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
28B262K$0.32 / $3.20
7
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
—1.0M$0.50 / $3.00
8
InclusionAI
InclusionAI
124B131K$0.06 / $0.18
930B131K$0.30 / $1.20
10
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
35B262K$0.10 / $0.95
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About this benchmark

What is SkillsBench?

SkillsBench evaluates coding agents on self-contained programming tasks, measuring practical engineering skills across diverse software development scenarios.

SkillsBench is a text benchmark evaluating models on agents and code tasks. LLM Stats tracks 10 models on this benchmark, scored on a 0–1 scale. The current average is 0.5, with the leader at 0.7.

Compare leaders on the best AI for agents and best AI for code leaderboards.

Current leaders

Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team currently leads the SkillsBench leaderboard with a score of 0.702 across 10 evaluated AI models.

1Qwen3.8 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team70.2%
2Hy4 previewTencent62.9%
3Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team59.2%

FAQ

Common questions about the SkillsBench benchmark and leaderboard.

What is the SkillsBench benchmark?

SkillsBench evaluates coding agents on self-contained programming tasks, measuring practical engineering skills across diverse software development scenarios.

What is the SkillsBench leaderboard?

The SkillsBench leaderboard ranks 10 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Qwen3.8 Max by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team leads with a score of 0.702. The average score across all models is 0.514.

What is the highest SkillsBench score?

The highest SkillsBench score is 0.702, achieved by Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

How many models are evaluated on SkillsBench?

10 models have been evaluated on the SkillsBench benchmark, with 0 verified results and 10 self-reported results.

What categories does SkillsBench cover?

SkillsBench is categorized under agents and code. The benchmark evaluates text models.

What is the best open-source model on SkillsBench?

Hy4 preview by Tencent is the top-ranked open-source model on SkillsBench, with a score of 0.629 (rank #2).

Which model offers the best value on SkillsBench?

Among models scoring within 10% of the leader, Qwen3.8 Max from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team is the cheapest, at $1.65 per million input tokens with a score of 0.702.

How recent are the SkillsBench leaderboard results?

The SkillsBench leaderboard was last updated in October 2026 and currently includes 10 evaluated models.