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CompareLLM Practical Guide
Updated 2026-08-16

How to read LLM benchmarks without getting fooled

A short checklist: same split, same date, named source, no composite index you cannot audit.

Quick answer

Is the number from a named public table? Does it have a date? Is the harness or split named? Can you click through to the source? If any answer is no, treat it as marketing.
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Four questions

Is the number from a named public table? Does it have a date? Is the harness or split named? Can you click through to the source? If any answer is no, treat it as marketing.

CompareLLM refuses a single “intelligence index.” We show the raw snapshots and let you sort. Composite scores are how sites hide a weak coding model behind a pretty average.

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