# ARC-AGI v2 ![Category](https://img.shields.io/badge/Category-Reasoning%20%2F%20Vision-1f6feb) ![Metric](https://img.shields.io/badge/Metric-Accuracy-2da44e) ![Tasks](https://img.shields.io/badge/Tasks-800-8957e5) ![Saturation](https://img.shields.io/badge/Saturation-Medium-d29922) ![Created](https://img.shields.io/badge/Created-May%202025-555) [![Paper](https://img.shields.io/badge/Paper-arXiv%202505.11831-b31b1b)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11831) [![Leaderboard](https://img.shields.io/badge/Leaderboard-arcprize.org-0969da)](https://arcprize.org/) > **Quick answer:** ARC-AGI v2 is the second-generation Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus benchmark, introduced by François Chollet and collaborators in May 2025 to address the near-saturation of the original ARC-AGI. It uses the same visual grid transformation format — models must infer hidden rules from input/output examples and apply them to a test grid — but with significantly harder task designs that remain challenging even for frontier models. GPT-5.5 leads at 85.0%. ## At a Glance **What it tests:** Abstract visual reasoning: given a small number of input→output grid examples, infer the underlying transformation rule and apply it to a novel test grid. Requires spatial reasoning, pattern recognition, and compositional generalisation. **Why it matters:** ARC-AGI v2 was designed specifically because the original ARC-AGI approached saturation for frontier models. V2 maintains the same evaluation philosophy — tests should be easy for humans but hard for current AI — while being substantially harder, preserving its value as a signal for true generalisation. **Known limitations:** Scored on a 0–1 scale; tasks are not representative of all reasoning types (domain is visual/spatial). The benchmark is still early and the leaderboard is small relative to more established benchmarks. ## What ARC-AGI v2 Measures ARC-AGI v2 inherits the core ARC format: each task provides 2–5 input/output grid pairs demonstrating a hidden transformation. The model must identify the rule and produce the correct output for a held-out test input. Grids use up to 10 colours in cells ranging from 1×1 to 30×30. V2 introduces harder task designs with more complex compositional rules, multi-step transformations, and higher sensitivity to spatial configuration. Where frontier models could approach 95%+ on the original ARC-AGI using test-time compute scaling, V2 creates meaningful differentiation — with a 50-point gap between the leader (85%) and models like Gemini 2.5 Pro (4.9%). The benchmark is multimodal: models receive grids as visual inputs, making it relevant for evaluating vision-language models' abstract reasoning capabilities alongside text-only reasoning systems. ## Benchmark Specifications | Field | Value | |---|---| | Task category | Abstract reasoning / Vision | | Metric | Accuracy (fraction of tasks solved, 0–1) | | Number of tasks | ~800 (public evaluation set) | | Grid size | Up to 30×30 | | Colours | 10 | | Saturation | Medium | | Created by | Chollet et al. (ARC Prize Foundation) | | Source paper | [Chollet et al. 2025](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11831) | | Modality | Multimodal (vision + text) | ## How ARC-AGI v2 Is Scored Each task is binary: solved (1) or not solved (0). The score is the fraction of tasks solved. Models are typically allowed multiple attempts per task, and a task is counted correct if any attempt produces the right output. The 0–1 normalised scale means a score of 0.850 = 85% of tasks solved. A score above 0.7 is considered frontier-tier. Human performance on ARC-AGI tasks approaches 1.0, making it the target ceiling. ## ARC-AGI v2 on Benchgen > No Benchgen results yet — [be the first to run ARC-AGI v2](/benchmarks/francois-chollet/arc-agi-v2). ## ARC-AGI v2 vs Other Benchmarks | Benchmark | What it tests | Tasks | Saturation | |---|---|---|---| | **ARC-AGI v2** | Visual grid transformation (harder) | ~800 | Medium | | [ARC-AGI](/benchmarks/francois-chollet/arc-agi) | Visual grid transformation (original) | 400 | High | | [GPQA Diamond](/benchmarks/rein-et-al/gpqa-diamond) | Expert-level science reasoning | 198 | Low | | [Humanity's Last Exam](/benchmarks/center-for-ai-safety-scale-ai/humanitys-last-exam) | Frontier academic knowledge | 3000 | Low | ARC-AGI v2 is the go-to benchmark when you want to evaluate generalisation and fluid reasoning without saturation concerns that affect the original ARC-AGI. ## Run ARC-AGI v2 on Your Model Use Benchgen to run ARC-AGI v2 against your model continuously — tracking how reasoning capability evolves across fine-tuning runs, prompt changes, or model versions. Unlike one-time leaderboard submissions, Benchgen gives you a regression-tracked history of abstract reasoning performance. ## Related Models & Benchmarks - Top performers: [GPT-5.5](/models/openai/gpt-5-5) · [Gemini 3.1 Pro](/models/google/gemini-3-1-pro) · [GPT-5.4](/models/openai/gpt-5-4) - Related benchmarks: [ARC-AGI](/benchmarks/francois-chollet/arc-agi) · [ARC-AGI-3](/benchmarks/arc-prize-foundation/arc-agi-3) · [GPQA Diamond](/benchmarks/rein-et-al/gpqa-diamond) ## Frequently Asked Questions

What is ARC-AGI v2?

ARC-AGI v2 is the second-generation Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus benchmark, introduced by François Chollet and collaborators in May 2025. It uses visual grid transformation tasks to test abstract reasoning and fluid intelligence, with harder task designs than the original ARC-AGI to prevent saturation among frontier models.

What does a good ARC-AGI v2 score look like?

Scores above 0.7 (70%) are frontier-tier. The current leader is GPT-5.5 at 0.850 (85%). Human performance approaches 1.0. Unlike the original ARC-AGI, scores below 0.3 remain common even for capable models, making ARC-AGI v2 a strong differentiator.

Who created ARC-AGI v2?

ARC-AGI v2 was created by François Chollet, Mike Knoop, Gregory Kamradt, Bryan Landers and collaborators at the ARC Prize Foundation. The benchmark is described in the paper "ARC-AGI-2: A New Challenge for Frontier AI Reasoning Systems" (arXiv 2505.11831, May 2025).

Is ARC-AGI v2 saturated?

No. With the top score at 85% and a large spread between top models and the rest of the field, ARC-AGI v2 remains an active and meaningful differentiator. It was specifically designed to avoid the saturation that affected the original ARC-AGI.

How does ARC-AGI v2 differ from the original ARC-AGI?

Both use the same visual grid transformation format. ARC-AGI v2 introduces harder compositional rules and more complex multi-step transformations, reducing the effectiveness of brute-force test-time compute scaling that helped models achieve near-perfect scores on the original.

--- *Benchmark definition paraphrased from [Chollet et al. 2025](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11831). State-of-the-art scores sourced from llm-stats.com and attributed inline. Last updated 2026-07-23.*

Rank	Model	Score
1	gpt-6-astra	95
2	gpt-5-5	0.85
3	gemini-3-1-pro	0.771
4	gpt-5-4	0.733
5	claude-opus-4-6	0.688
6	claude-sonnet-4-6	0.583
7	gpt-5-2-pro-2025-12-11	0.542
8	gpt-5-2	0.529
9	muse-spark	0.425
10	claude-opus-4-5	0.376
11	gemini-3-flash	0.336
12	gemini-3-pro	0.311
13	grok-4	0.159
14	claude-opus-4	0.086
15	o3	0.065
16	gemini-2-5-pro	0.049

ARC-AGI v2 — Results

ARC-AGI v2 — Phases

ARC-AGI v2