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Tests explained · People's votes

People's votes on business and finance questions

People compared two anonymous answers to business, management and finance questions.

Run by

LMArena

How to read it

A rating from thousands of head-to-head votes. Higher means people preferred its answers more often. The thin line is the likely range.

Used for

6 tasks on this site.

How the models did

Rating from blind votes · Higher is better

Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Fable 5.1 are neck and neck at the top, followed by Gemini 3.8 Flash and Kimi K3.

Claude Opus 5.5 · Anthropic1st
Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic2nd
Gemini 3.8 Flash · Google DeepMind3rd
Kimi K3 · Moonshot AI4th
Gemini 3.6 Flash · Google DeepMind5th
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · DeepSeek6th
Gemini 3.1 Pro · Google DeepMind7th
GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI8th
GPT-6 Astra · OpenAI9th
DeepSeek V4 Pro · DeepSeek10th
GPT-5.6 Luna · OpenAI11th
Claude Sonnet 5 · Anthropic12th
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · Google DeepMind13th
Claude Haiku 4.5 · Anthropic14th
GPT-6 Luna · OpenAINot tested yet
GPT-6 Sol · OpenAINot tested yet
Source: LMArena · votes as of 25 Sept 2026

Where we use it

Each task page labels this test by how closely it matches the task.

TaskHow close
Best AI for businessTests this task
Best AI for marketingTests this task
Best AI for accounting and financeTests a related skill
Best AI for financial analysisTests a related skill
Best AI for Excel and spreadsheetsGeneral ability
Best AI for data analysisGeneral ability
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