# PassMark: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/passmark

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 121 | 50% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Synthetic benchmarks (like PassMark, some aspects of Geekbench) have well-documented limitations" (Kimi K2, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named PassMark, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- reddit.com: 2
- aclanthology.org: 1
- arxiv.org: 1
- crowdstrike.com: 1
- edn.com: 1
- en.wikipedia.org: 1
- epoch.ai: 1
- github.com: 1
- ifixit.com: 1
- interestingengineering.substack.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-main.1208.pdf: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2411.12990v1: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2502.06559: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2511.12264v1: 1
- https://crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/benchmaxxing-when-benchmark-becomes-the-target: 1
- https://edn.com/uncovering-the-truth-in-benchmarks: 1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_(computing): 1
- https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/why-benchmarking-is-hard: 1

## In its own words

What PassMark's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Benchmark & PC test software. Computer forensics and loopback test plugs for burn in testing (https://passmark.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free Trial Software removal of time limits and feature restrictions (https://www.passmark.com/products/index.php)

## What it publishes

Every page passmark.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 330 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- conference or event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-07-14
- report or ebook: 43 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2023-07-14 conference or event: 55481 submit benchmark https://forums.passmark.com/performancetest/55481-submit-benchmark
- Recent: 2014-04-17 conference or event: 4774 isochronous testing https://forums.passmark.com/burnintest/4774-isochronous-testing
- Recent: 2013-03-14 conference or event: 4259 memtest pausing https://forums.passmark.com/memtest86/4259-memtest-pausing

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.