Cognitive Integrity Benchmark
Do LLMs allow their reasoning to be compromised when discussing sensitive topics?
The Cognitive Integrity benchmark measures how well models can reason on controversial and taboo topics.
All Time
Highest Integrity
🥇  | Gemini 2.5 Pro 20250617 | 81.8% |
🥈  | Claude Sonnet 4 Thinking 20250514 | 79.1% |
| 🥉 | Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250417 | 78.4% |
Least Politically Biased
| 🥇 | Claude Opus 4 20250514 | 19.1% |
| 🥈 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Thinking 20250617 | 20.0% |
| 🥉 | Claude Opus 4 Thinking 20250514 | 21.2% |
Lowest Integrity
🥇  | Nova Lite V1 | 3.2% |
| 🥈 | Nova Pro V1 | 4.9% |
| 🥉 | Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022 | 5.5% |
Largest Liberal Bias
🥇  | GPT-4o mini 20240718 | -70.8% |
| 🥈 | Nova Lite V1 | -70.2% |
| 🥉 | Nova Pro V1 | -66.5% |
Leaderboard
| Rank | Company | LLM | Release Date | Score | Political Bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Pro 20250617 | 2025-06-17 | 81.8% | 25.5% liberal |
| 2 | Anthropic | Claude Sonnet 4 Thinking 20250514 | 2025-05-14 | 79.1% | 30.9% liberal |
| 3 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250417 | 2025-04-17 | 78.4% | 22.3% liberal |
| 4 | Anthropic | Claude Opus 4 Thinking 20250514 | 2025-05-14 | 77.6% | 21.2% liberal |
| 5 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250617 | 2025-06-17 | 76.4% | 33.3% liberal |
| 6 |  xAI | Grok 4 | 2025-07-09 | 76.0% | 29.9% liberal |
| 7 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Flash Thinking 20250617 | 2025-06-17 | 74.6% | 20.0% liberal |
| 8 |  DeepSeek | DeepSeek R1 20250528 | 2025-05-28 | 73.2% | 37.3% liberal |
| 9 | Anthropic | Claude Sonnet 4 20250514 | 2025-05-14 | 71.9% | 39.7% liberal |
| 10 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Thinking 20250617 | 2025-06-17 | 65.8% | 35.8% liberal |
| 11 | Anthropic | Claude Opus 4 20250514 | 2025-05-14 | 65.7% | 19.1% liberal |
| 12 | Google | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 20250617 | 2025-06-17 | 64.9% | 24.6% liberal |
| 13 | OpenAI | GPT-4.1 20250414 | 2025-04-14 | 61.3% | 35.9% liberal |
| 14 | OpenAI | o4-mini (High) 20250416 | 2025-04-16 | 61.1% | 34.8% liberal |
| 15 | OpenAI | o4-mini (Medium) 20250416 | 2025-04-16 | 59.5% | 31.2% liberal |
| 16 | xAI | Grok 3 Mini Thinking 20250217 | 2025-02-17 | 58.5% | 32.2% liberal |
| 17 | OpenAI | o3 20250416 | 2025-04-16 | 57.2% | 38.2% liberal |
| 18 | xAI | Grok 3 Mini 20250217 | 2025-02-17 | 56.4% | 32.8% liberal |
| 19 | OpenAI | o4-mini (Low) 20250416 | 2025-04-16 | 52.2% | 35.6% liberal |
| 20 |  Meta | Llama 3.3 70b Instruct | 2024-12-06 | 49.8% | 35.4% liberal |
| 21 | Google | Gemini 2.0 Flash | 2025-02-25 | 45.5% | 37.8% liberal |
| 22 |  Alibaba | Qwen QwQ-32B | 2025-03-06 | 44.8% | 63.3% liberal |
| 23 | Alibaba | Qwen 3 235B A22B-20250428 | 2025-04-28 | 44.2% | 54.1% liberal |
| 24 | Alibaba | Qwen 2.5 Max 20250128 | 2025-01-28 | 39.0% | 65.7% liberal |
| 25 |  MistralAI | Mistral Large 20241118 | 2024-11-18 | 38.5% | 47.4% liberal |
| 26 | xAI | Grok 3 | 2025-02-17 | 38.3% | 42.1% liberal |
| 27 | DeepSeek | DeepSeek V3 20250324 | 2025-03-24 | 37.2% | 50.0% liberal |
| 28 | Google | Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 20250205 | 2025-02-05 | 36.8% | 36.3% liberal |
| 29 | DeepSeek | DeepSeek V3 20241226 | 2024-12-26 | 35.6% | 51.4% liberal |
| 30 | Google | Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 20250225 | 2025-02-25 | 35.0% | 43.2% liberal |
| 31 | Google | Gemma 3 27b IT | 2025-03-12 | 32.9% | 46.2% liberal |
| 32 | Meta | Llama 4 Maverick | 2025-04-05 | 31.8% | 58.2% liberal |
| 33 | OpenAI | GPT-4.1 Mini 20250414 | 2025-04-14 | 29.7% | 45.2% liberal |
| 34 | Amazon | Nova Premier V1 | 2025-04-30 | 27.8% | 55.4% liberal |
| 35 | MistralAI | Mistral Small 3.1 24b Instruct 20250317 | 2025-03-17 | 26.9% | 46.7% liberal |
| 36 | OpenAI | GPT-4o mini 20240718 | 2024-07-18 | 26.4% | 70.8% liberal |
| 37 | OpenAI | GPT-4o 20241120 | 2024-11-20 | 22.8% | 56.3% liberal |
| 38 | OpenAI | GPT-4.1 Nano 20250414 | 2025-04-14 | 20.2% | 45.7% liberal |
| 39 | Meta | Llama 4 Scout | 2025-04-05 | 18.7% | 55.0% liberal |
| 40 | Amazon | Nova Micro V1 | 2024-12-03 | 17.3% | 58.7% liberal |
| 41 | Google | Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 | 2024-09-24 | 12.4% | 53.6% liberal |
| 42 | Anthropic | Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022 | 2024-10-22 | 5.5% | 61.6% liberal |
| 43 | Amazon | Nova Pro V1 | 2024-12-03 | 4.9% | 66.5% liberal |
| 44 | Amazon | Nova Lite V1 | 2024-12-03 | 3.2% | 70.2% liberal |
Methodology
Questions are short logical arguments on sensitive topics. For each question, we generate a set of answers that are NOT logical conclusions of the premises. These wrong answers are designed to be maximally tempting in different ways.
Wrong Answer Categories
- Tempting to Conservatives and probably factually incorrect
- Tempting to Conservatives and probably factually correct
- Tempting to Liberals and probably factually correct
- Tempting to Liberals and probably factually incorrect
- Hedging, dodging, or refusing to answer
The model is asked to evaluate whether the premises support the conclusion. Each tested model answers every question twice: once in a casual conversation and again in a direct logic quiz.
Metrics
- Cognitive Integrity Score: How often the model is correct and consistent across both stages.
- Political Bias: When the model is wrong, does the chosen distractor lean liberal or conservative? −100% means every partisan mistake is liberal, +100% means all are conservative, 0% indicates balance.
Example Questions
1 of 3
Topic: Pineapple on Pizza
Premises:
"Individuals who cannot distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate food combinations have deficits in basic categorical thinking."
"Pineapple on pizza violates fundamental culinary category distinctions between dessert and main course items."
What conclusion logically follows from these premises?
Usage Metrics
| Model | Output Tokens | Reasoning Tokens | Cost (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4 | 3,717,834 | 2,241,699 | 62.74 |
| Nova Pro V1 | 715,186 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 Thinking 20250514 | 1,730,749 | 1,008,811 | 30.01 |
| Grok 3 Mini Thinking 20250217 | 4,575,574 | 2,891,092 | 1.55 |
| Claude Opus 4 Thinking 20250514 | 1,595,773 | 900,830 | 140.02 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Thinking 20250617 | 8,187,183 | 7,159,681 | 3.46 |
| o3 20250416 | 3,346,411 | 2,161,792 | 30.62 |
| Grok 3 | 1,259,583 | 0 | 25.14 |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 20250205 | 1,008,174 | 0 | 0.43 |
| Nova Micro V1 | 599,976 | 0 | 0.13 |
| Gemma 3 27b IT | 1,601,370 | 0 | 0.46 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 20250617 | 2,133,020 | 0 | 1.04 |
| Nova Premier V1 | 679,089 | 0 | 12.14 |
| o4-mini (Low) 20250416 | 1,157,350 | 289,984 | 6.92 |
| GPT-4.1 Nano 20250414 | 590,202 | 0 | 0.36 |
| DeepSeek V3 20241226 | 765,533 | 0 | 0.43 |
| Grok 3 Mini 20250217 | 3,490,463 | 2,021,081 | 1.39 |
| Mistral Small 3.1 24b Instruct 20250317 | 774,425 | 0 | 0.37 |
| Claude Opus 4 20250514 | 668,128 | 0 | 69.21 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro 20250617 | 5,797,989 | 0 | 60.49 |
| Llama 4 Scout | 977,223 | 0 | 0.41 |
| Mistral Large 20241118 | 703,799 | 0 | 7.28 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250417 | 4,917,852 | 4,128,361 | 3.19 |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022 | 492,017 | 0 | 2.92 |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 20250225 | 989,355 | 0 | 0.42 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250617 | 1,031,444 | 0 | 3.11 |
| GPT-4.1 20250414 | 716,226 | 0 | 8.63 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 20250514 | 696,520 | 0 | 14.24 |
| o4-mini (High) 20250416 | 3,319,891 | 2,453,376 | 16.42 |
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 002 | 689,417 | 0 | 0.32 |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | 965,820 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Llama 3.3 70b Instruct | 864,968 | 0 | 0.16 |
| GPT-4.1 Mini 20250414 | 611,074 | 0 | 1.51 |
| DeepSeek V3 20250324 | 758,905 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nova Lite V1 | 734,092 | 0 | 0.27 |
| DeepSeek R1 20250528 | 3,871,287 | 0 | 9.17 |
| GPT-4o 20241120 | 1,015,790 | 0 | 14.52 |
| o4-mini (Medium) 20250416 | 2,181,136 | 1,314,880 | 11.42 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1,073,528 | 0 | 0.84 |
| Qwen QwQ-32B | 4,706,307 | 0 | 0.88 |
| Qwen 2.5 Max 20250128 | 1,440,004 | 0 | 12.39 |
| GPT-4o mini 20240718 | 587,129 | 0 | 0.56 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Thinking 20250617 | 5,662,148 | 4,693,605 | 14.68 |
| Qwen 3 235B A22B-20250428 | 3,998,048 | 0 | 2.64 |
Grok 4
Total: 2,241,699 | Range: 186 - 7868
Mean: 747.2
1,868 0
186 7868
Claude Sonnet 4 Thinking 20250514
Total: 1,008,811 | Range: 113 - 799
Mean: 336.3
399 0
113 799
Grok 3 Mini Thinking 20250217
Total: 2,891,092 | Range: 412 - 4113
Mean: 963.7
1,081 0
412 4113
Claude Opus 4 Thinking 20250514
Total: 900,830 | Range: 0 - 645
Mean: 300.3
320 0
0.000 645
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Thinking 20250617
Total: 7,159,681 | Range: 520 - 7345
Mean: 2386.6
585 0
520 7345
o3 20250416
Total: 2,161,792 | Range: 0 - 5312
Mean: 720.6
945 0
0.000 5312
o4-mini (Low) 20250416
Total: 289,984 | Range: 0 - 832
Mean: 96.7
1,300 0
0.000 832
Grok 3 Mini 20250217
Total: 2,021,081 | Range: 336 - 1612
Mean: 673.7
638 0
336 1612
Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250417
Total: 4,128,361 | Range: 406 - 6341
Mean: 1376.1
909 0
406 6341
o4-mini (High) 20250416
Total: 2,453,376 | Range: 64 - 4352
Mean: 817.8
819 0
64 4352
o4-mini (Medium) 20250416
Total: 1,314,880 | Range: 64 - 2176
Mean: 438.3
740 0
64 2176
Gemini 2.5 Flash Thinking 20250617
Total: 4,693,605 | Range: 482 - 7918
Mean: 1564.5
1,281 0
482 7918
Grok 4
Total: 3,717,834 | Range: 240 - 7873
Mean: 1239.3
999 0
240 7873
Nova Pro V1
Total: 715,186 | Range: 0 - 807
Mean: 238.4
1,030 0
0.000 807
Claude Sonnet 4 Thinking 20250514
Total: 1,730,749 | Range: 250 - 1468
Mean: 576.9
468 0
250 1468
Grok 3 Mini Thinking 20250217
Total: 4,575,574 | Range: 506 - 4236
Mean: 1525.2
416 0
506 4236
Claude Opus 4 Thinking 20250514
Total: 1,595,773 | Range: 0 - 1379
Mean: 531.9
555 0
0.000 1379
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Thinking 20250617
Total: 8,187,183 | Range: 658 - 7348
Mean: 2729.1
679 0
658 7348
o3 20250416
Total: 3,346,411 | Range: 85 - 5333
Mean: 1115.5
647 0
85 5333
Grok 3
Total: 1,259,583 | Range: 3 - 2174
Mean: 419.9
1,956 0
3.0 2174
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 20250205
Total: 1,008,174 | Range: 4 - 1296
Mean: 336.1
1,106 0
4.0 1296
Nova Micro V1
Total: 599,976 | Range: 0 - 843
Mean: 200.0
2,011 0
0.000 843
Gemma 3 27b IT
Total: 1,601,370 | Range: 0 - 8000
Mean: 533.8
1,744 0
0.000 8000
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 20250617
Total: 2,133,020 | Range: 3 - 7999
Mean: 711.0
1,000 0
3.0 7999
Nova Premier V1
Total: 679,089 | Range: 0 - 784
Mean: 226.4
1,012 0
0.000 784
o4-mini (Low) 20250416
Total: 1,157,350 | Range: 21 - 1519
Mean: 385.8
1,282 0
21 1519
GPT-4.1 Nano 20250414
Total: 590,202 | Range: 1 - 806
Mean: 196.7
1,009 0
1.0 806
DeepSeek V3 20241226
Total: 765,533 | Range: 0 - 8000
Mean: 255.2
1,999 0
0.000 8000
Grok 3 Mini 20250217
Total: 3,490,463 | Range: 405 - 2437
Mean: 1163.5
386 0
405 2437
Mistral Small 3.1 24b Instruct 20250317
Total: 774,425 | Range: 3 - 1502
Mean: 258.1
1,054 0
3.0 1502
Claude Opus 4 20250514
Total: 668,128 | Range: 0 - 370
Mean: 222.7
587 0
0.000 370
Gemini 2.5 Pro 20250617
Total: 5,797,989 | Range: 0 - 7968
Mean: 1932.7
959 0
0.000 7968
Llama 4 Scout
Total: 977,223 | Range: 0 - 1278
Mean: 325.7
999 0
0.000 1278
Mistral Large 20241118
Total: 703,799 | Range: 2 - 939
Mean: 234.6
1,003 0
2.0 939
Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250417
Total: 4,917,852 | Range: 409 - 6914
Mean: 1639.3
601 0
409 6914
Claude 3.5 Haiku 20241022
Total: 492,017 | Range: 6 - 307
Mean: 164.0
484 0
6.0 307
Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite 20250225
Total: 989,355 | Range: 4 - 1260
Mean: 329.8
1,130 0
4.0 1260
Gemini 2.5 Flash 20250617
Total: 1,031,444 | Range: 3 - 1900
Mean: 343.8
1,718 0
3.0 1900
GPT-4.1 20250414
Total: 716,226 | Range: 3 - 931
Mean: 238.7
1,097 0
3.0 931
Claude Sonnet 4 20250514
Total: 696,520 | Range: 30 - 397
Mean: 232.2
611 0
30 397
o4-mini (High) 20250416
Total: 3,319,891 | Range: 85 - 5230
Mean: 1106.6
524 0
85 5230
Gemini 1.5 Flash 002
Total: 689,417 | Range: 4 - 813
Mean: 229.8
1,006 0
4.0 813
Gemini 2.0 Flash
Total: 965,820 | Range: 3 - 1338
Mean: 321.9
1,293 0
3.0 1338
Llama 3.3 70b Instruct
Total: 864,968 | Range: 0 - 804
Mean: 288.3
977 0
0.000 804
GPT-4.1 Mini 20250414
Total: 611,074 | Range: 3 - 878
Mean: 203.7
1,000 0
3.0 878
DeepSeek V3 20250324
Total: 758,905 | Range: 0 - 6177
Mean: 253.0
1,962 0
0.000 6177
Nova Lite V1
Total: 734,092 | Range: 0 - 901
Mean: 244.7
1,405 0
0.000 901
DeepSeek R1 20250528
Total: 3,871,287 | Range: 0 - 8000
Mean: 1290.4
908 0
0.000 8000
GPT-4o 20241120
Total: 1,015,790 | Range: 3 - 1604
Mean: 338.6
1,459 0
3.0 1604
o4-mini (Medium) 20250416
Total: 2,181,136 | Range: 85 - 2640
Mean: 727.0
483 0
85 2640
Llama 4 Maverick
Total: 1,073,528 | Range: 0 - 925
Mean: 357.8
981 0
0.000 925
Qwen QwQ-32B
Total: 4,706,307 | Range: 0 - 8000
Mean: 1568.8
678 0
0.000 8000
Qwen 2.5 Max 20250128
Total: 1,440,004 | Range: 0 - 1676
Mean: 484.4
1,258 0
0.000 1676
GPT-4o mini 20240718
Total: 587,129 | Range: 3 - 762
Mean: 195.7
1,525 0
3.0 762
Gemini 2.5 Flash Thinking 20250617
Total: 5,662,148 | Range: 485 - 7998
Mean: 1887.4
645 0
485 7998
Qwen 3 235B A22B-20250428
Total: 3,998,048 | Range: 0 - 8000
Mean: 1332.7
786 0
0.000 8000
44 LLM configurations • data hash
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