psychology benchmark
Social IQa
The first large-scale benchmark for commonsense reasoning about social situations. Contains 38,000 multiple choice questions probing emotional and social intelligence in everyday situations, testing commonsense understanding of social interactions and theory of mind reasoning about the implied emotions and behavior of others.
Updated Aug 11, 2026
Models9
Model coverage9
MetricScore
EvidenceB
Social IQa Ranking
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
| 1 | MI | 78.0% | 100.0% | 9 | C | |
| 2 | MI | 74.7% | 87.5% | 9 | C | |
| 3 | MI | 72.5% | 75.0% | 9 | C | |
| 4 | GO | 53.7% | 62.5% | 9 | C | |
| 5 | GO | 53.4% | 50.0% | 9 | C | |
| 6 | GO | 50.0% | 37.5% | 9 | C | |
| 7 | GO | 50.0% | 25.0% | 9 | C | |
| 8 | GO | 48.8% | 12.5% | 9 | C | |
| 9 | GO | 48.8% | 0.0% | 9 | C |
Social IQa Score Distribution
A closer view of the leading scores on this benchmark.
Social IQa Highlights
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
What is Social IQa?
What Social IQa measures and how its scores work.
The first large-scale benchmark for commonsense reasoning about social situations. Contains 38,000 multiple choice questions probing emotional and social intelligence in everyday situations, testing commonsense understanding of social interactions and theory of mind reasoning about the implied emotions and behavior of others.
Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
- Family
- Social IQa
- Modality
- text
- Primary category
- psychology
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- Yes
- Evaluation key
- social-iqa|llm-stats-current
Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
FAQ
Common questions about Social IQa.
Which model scores highest on Social IQa?
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is currently ranked first with 78.0%.
What does Social IQa measure?
The first large-scale benchmark for commonsense reasoning about social situations. Contains 38,000 multiple choice questions probing emotional and social intelligence in everyday situations, testing commonsense understanding of social interactions and theory of mind reasoning about the implied emotions and behavior of others.
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
9 model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
Yes. This benchmark can contribute to the current LLMBoard capability score.