Which AI model works best for Switzerland?

11 models. 6 dimensions. 3 languages. Updated quarterly.

Last updated: Q1 2026

Overall Model Rankings

Swiss-Bench Overall AI Model Rankings, Q1 2026 (11 models)
Rank Model Type Overall DE FR IT Updated
1 Claude Opus 4.6 Closed Source 65.9 82.4 82.6 81.0 Q1 2026
2 Kimi K2.5 Open Source 64.7 82.0 86.0 87.0 Q1 2026
3 Gemini 2.5 Pro Closed Source 63.8 85.0 87.0 85.0 Q1 2026
4 MiniMax M2.5 Open Source 62.9 72.0 82.0 78.0 Q1 2026
5 GPT-4o Closed Source 61.7 70.0 73.2 69.8 Q1 2026
6 Gemini 2.0 Flash Closed Source 59.3 75.2 74.2 77.0 Q1 2026
7 DeepSeek V3 Open Source 58.2 81.2 81.4 80.2 Q1 2026
8 Mistral Large 2 Open Source 58.2 70.6 63.8 68.0 Q1 2026
9 Llama 3.3 70B Open Source 56.7 64.6 68.2 63.6 Q1 2026
10 GPT-4o Mini Closed Source 55.3 57.2 62.2 57.2 Q1 2026
11 Qwen 2.5 72B Open Source 54.0 66.4 67.8 74.0 Q1 2026

Swiss-Bench v1.0 — HAAS composite score across 6 dimensions: Performance, Robustness, Safety, Compliance, Swiss Language, Documentation. Overall = weighted average of all dimensions. DE/FR/IT = MMLU-ProX multilingual accuracy (10% weight in HAAS). 11 models, Q1 2026. Methodology →

Q1 2026 Highlights

Best Overall
Claude Opus 4.6
Highest HAAS score (65.9) across all 6 dimensions. Strong Swiss legal knowledge and EU AI Act compliance.
Tightest Race
Top 4 within 3 points
Kimi K2.5 (64.7), Gemini 2.5 Pro (63.8), and MiniMax M2.5 (62.9) trail the leader by just 1–3 points. The frontier is crowded.
Best Multilingual
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Highest language scores across all three Swiss languages (DE 85%, FR 87%, IT 85%). Kimi K2.5 strongest in Italian (87%).

Benchmark results: Swiss-Bench v1.0 (March 2026). Updated quarterly.

Domain-specific performance

Domain Breakdown

Domain Best Model Score Runner-up Gap
Financial ServicesClaude Opus 4.691.2GPT-4o+2.4
Legal (Federal)GPT-4o89.7Claude Opus 4.6+1.1
Legal (Cantonal)Claude Opus 4.686.3Gemini 2.0 Flash+3.8
HealthcareGemini 2.0 Flash84.9Claude Opus 4.6+0.7
Public AdministrationClaude Opus 4.688.1GPT-4o+1.9
InsuranceGPT-4o87.4Claude Opus 4.6+2.2

Failure Mode Analysis

Failure Mode Claude Opus 4.6 GPT-4o Gemini 2.0 Flash Llama 3.3 70B
Hallucination Rate2.1%3.4%2.8%6.7%
Jurisdiction Confusion1.3%1.8%2.4%5.1%
Temporal Decay4.2%3.9%5.1%7.3%
Language Mixing0.8%1.2%0.6%3.4%

Cross-Lingual Consistency

Model DE↔FR DE↔IT FR↔IT Avg. Consistency
Claude Opus 4.696.8%94.2%95.1%95.4%
GPT-4o95.3%92.7%93.4%93.8%
Gemini 2.0 Flash96.1%95.8%94.9%95.6%
Mistral Large 297.2%91.3%92.7%93.7%

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