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CSimpleQA Leaderboard
Chinese SimpleQA is the first comprehensive Chinese benchmark to evaluate the factuality ability of language models to answer short questions. It contains 3,000 high-quality questions spanning 6 major topics with 99 diverse subtopics, designed to assess Chinese factual knowledge across humanities, science, engineering, culture, and society.
Updated Aug 17, 2026
Models8
Model coverage8
MetricScore
EvidenceB
CSimpleQA Ranking
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
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Rank | Model | Score | Percentile | Participants | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| Rank01 | ModelDE | Score84.4% | Percentile100.0% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank02 | ModelAC | Score84.3% | Percentile85.7% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank03 | ModelAC | Score83.4% | Percentile71.4% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank04 | ModelDE | Score78.9% | Percentile57.1% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank05 | ModelMA | Score78.4% | Percentile42.9% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank06 | ModelMA | Score77.6% | Percentile28.6% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank07 | ModelDE | Score73.2% | Percentile14.3% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank08 | ModelDE | Score64.8% | Percentile0.0% | Participants8 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
CSimpleQA Highlights
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
CSimpleQA Score Distribution
A closer view of the leading scores on this benchmark.
The Top AI Models for CSimpleQA
The first five results on this benchmark, with official price and output speed added where the model identity can be matched.
Ranking basisThis csimpleqa AI model leaderboard uses descending score in the benchmark's original unit. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.
- 01DEDeepSeek-V4-Pro-MaxDeepSeek
- Score
- 84.4%
- Price
- $0.43 input / $0.87 output per 1M tokens
- Speed
- Up to 18 tok/s via Fireworks
Strengths
- Ranks #1 of 8 compared models
- 100th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures CSimpleQA, not total model capability
- 02ACQwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
- Score
- 84.3%
- Price
- $0.70 input / $2.8 output per 1M tokens
- Speed
- Up to 68 tok/s via Fireworks
Strengths
- Ranks #2 of 8 compared models
- 86th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures CSimpleQA, not total model capability
- 03ACQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
- Score
- 83.4%
Strengths
- Ranks #3 of 8 compared models
- 71th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures CSimpleQA, not total model capability
- 04DEDeepSeek-V4-Flash-MaxDeepSeek
- Score
- 78.9%
- Price
- $0.14 input / $0.28 output per 1M tokens
- Speed
- Up to 19 tok/s via Novita
Strengths
- Ranks #4 of 8 compared models
- 57th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures CSimpleQA, not total model capability
- 05MAKimi K2 InstructMoonshot AI
- Score
- 78.4%
- Price
- $0.60 input / $2.5 output per 1M tokens
- Speed
- Up to 45 tok/s via Novita
Strengths
- Ranks #5 of 8 compared models
- 43th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures CSimpleQA, not total model capability
Selection summary
Best AI Models for CSimpleQA
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max currently leads CSimpleQA with 84.4%. It is the top model on this specific benchmark, while the best LLM for the broader task should also be checked against other benchmarks, price and runtime.
Use this leaderboard with the supporting benchmark results and coverage details above. A leaderboard position summarizes the selected ranking signal; it does not replace workload-specific testing.
What is CSimpleQA?
What CSimpleQA measures and how its scores work.
Chinese SimpleQA is the first comprehensive Chinese benchmark to evaluate the factuality ability of language models to answer short questions. It contains 3,000 high-quality questions spanning 6 major topics with 99 diverse subtopics, designed to assess Chinese factual knowledge across humanities, science, engineering, culture, and society.
Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
- Family
- CSimpleQA
- Modality
- text
- Primary category
- language
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- Yes
- Evaluation key
- csimpleqa|llm-stats-current
Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
FAQ
Common questions about CSimpleQA.
Which model scores highest on CSimpleQA?
DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Max is currently ranked first with 84.4%.
What does CSimpleQA measure?
Chinese SimpleQA is the first comprehensive Chinese benchmark to evaluate the factuality ability of language models to answer short questions. It contains 3,000 high-quality questions spanning 6 major topics with 99 diverse subtopics, designed to assess Chinese factual knowledge across humanities, science, engineering, culture, and society.
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
8 model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
Yes. This benchmark can contribute to the current LLMBoard capability score.