Benchmarking platform Artificial Analysis has released six new industry-specific performance indices for AI models. Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 leads every category, but cheaper alternatives handle tasks at a fraction of the cost.
How well do current AI models perform on industry-specific tasks in fields like finance, law, or medicine? Artificial Analysis has introduced six new Capability Indices that compare AI models across Finance & Accounting, Legal, Healthcare & Medical, Strategy & Ops, Engineering, and Economics. The new indices expand on the platform's existing Agentic and Coding indices.
According to Artificial Analysis, the methodology is based on occupational classifications from the US O*NET system. Domain-specific skills are derived from the job tasks defined there, covering things like financial modeling, legal research and contract analysis, or clinical decision support. For each domain, the benchmark suite is assembled fresh and weighted by how often a given skill shows up in that industry. Artificial Analysis says all benchmarks are run independently.
Claude Fable 5 leads all eight indices
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 (with Opus 4.8 fallback) takes first place across all eight indices. Claude Opus 4.8 (max) comes in second in six of eight categories, according to Artificial Analysis, while OpenAI's GPT-5.5 (xhigh) grabs second in the remaining two. GPT-5.6, set to launch tomorrow, could close the gap between Anthropic's current models and GPT-5.5.
