EQS AI Benchmark: AI Excels in Compliance Workflows

The latest generation of AI models can now reliably handle multi-step compliance workflows. This capability was out of reach just six months ago. EQS Group GmbH tested four new frontier AI models on 120 real-world compliance tasks. OpenAI's GPT-5.4 now leads the benchmark with a score of 87.6%. Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro is close behind at 87.4%, followed by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 at 86.1%. These leading models are separated by little more than one percentage point. What's interesting is that the most meaningful improvements are seen in open-ended tasks like drafting reports or investigation plans. Performance in these tasks increased by up to 17 to 18 percentage points compared to an earlier report. This moves outputs from "usable with heavy editing" to "usable with light review." The bottom line is that AI models are now approaching the capability needed to support multi-step compliance workflows end-to-end. This means that context, system integration, and workflow design are becoming more important than just choosing a specific AI model. Organizations that embed AI into real processes will see stronger results.