Best AI for Healthcare
Compare AI models for healthcare workflows — medical reasoning, clinical documentation, literature analysis and patient-safe answers.Rankings combine multiple benchmark scores weighted by relevance to this use case. Updated August 2026.
Why This Matters
Healthcare is one of the most common AI workloads — and the best model depends heavily on the specific task. A model that excels at creative writing may struggle with structured data extraction, and vice versa.
We built this use-case ranking by combining multiple benchmark categories with weights tuned to match real-world usage patterns. For healthcare, the score emphasizes the benchmarks that matter most: task accuracy, output quality, and consistency. Speed and cost are factored in but secondary to quality.
All scores are from public independent benchmarks. For a broader view across all tasks, see the overall LLM leaderboard or the expert picks page.
Quick Answer
The best AI models for healthcare are:1. Claude Mythos Preview (Anthropic, score: 90.6), 2. Gemini 3.1 Pro (Google, score: 80.4), 3. Claude Fable 5.1 (Anthropic, score: 77.1).
| # | Model | Provider | Score | Speed | Price (output) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Mythos Preview | Anthropic | 90.6 | 80 t/s | $15/M |
| 2 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 80.4 | 136 t/s | $12/M | |
| 3 | Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 77.1 | 85 t/s | $15/M |
| 4 | Claude Mythos 5 | Anthropic | 73.6 | 50 t/s | $50/M |
| 5 | Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 72.3 | 68 t/s | $25/M |
| 6 | Claude Fable 5.1 (XHigh) | Anthropic | 70.1 | 78 t/s | $15/M |
| 7 | Claude Fable 5.1 (High) | Anthropic | 70.1 | 92 t/s | $15/M |
| 8 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Medium) | Anthropic | 70.1 | 104 t/s | $15/M |
| 9 | Claude Fable 5.1 (Low) | Anthropic | 70.1 | 118 t/s | $15/M |
| 10 | Claude Opus 5.5 (XHigh) | Anthropic | 69.4 | 62 t/s | $25/M |
| 11 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High) | Anthropic | 69.4 | 74 t/s | $25/M |
| 12 | Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium) | Anthropic | 69.4 | 82 t/s | $25/M |
| 13 | Claude Opus 5.5 (Low) | Anthropic | 69.4 | 92 t/s | $25/M |
| 14 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (max) | Anthropic | 68.6 | 50 t/s | $15/M |
| 15 | GPT-6 Astra (xhigh) | OpenAI | 68.3 | 76 t/s | $50/M |