Questions · Head-to-head · 2 Sep 2026

Beatles or Stones?

One question, asked both ways round. 27 said Beatles either way. One said Stones.

Two changed their answer when we swapped the order.

The question“Beatles or Stones? One word.”

Beatles · 27
1
Changed · 2
No pick · 2
Beatles, either wayClaude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 5, Command A, DeepSeek V3 Chat, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Edge, GLM 5.3 Flash, GPT-4o Mini, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Granite 4.1 8b, Grok 4.6, Hunyuan 3, Kimi K2, Kimi K3, Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 4 Maverick, MiMo v2.5, Nemotron 3.5, Nova Micro, Nova Pro, Phi-4, Qwen3 32B, Qwen3.8 Max, Seed 1.6 Flash, Step 3.5 Flash
Changed with the orderGLM-5.3, Mistral Large 2512
Stones, either wayMistral Small 2603
No pickGrok 4.3, Hermes 4 70B
One model, one place on the bar.

The same model, asked two ways

Mistral Large 2512

“Beatles or Stones?”

Stonesfour times out of four

“Stones or Beatles?”

Beatlesfour times out of four

Which way they leaned

the two that changed

One named the first option they heard

GLM-5.3

One named the last one

Mistral Large 2512

What they said

in their own words

Claude Haiku 4.5 · Beatles, either way

“They innovated more rapidly across different genres, pushed studio recording technology further, and had greater range—from pop to psychedelia to classical influences.”

Mistral Large 2512 · Mistral · changed with the order

“While both bands are legendary, the Rolling Stones' raw energy, longevity, and rebellious spirit often give them a slight edge in debates about rock's greatest.”

Claude Opus 5 · Beatles, either way

“They packed more invention into fewer years — from "She Loves You" to Abbey Road in six years is a rate of musical evolution nobody has matched, and their songwriting became the default vocabulary of pop.”

Mistral Small 2603 · Mistral · Stones, either way

“The question frames a false binary; both bands are foundational to rock history, and “one word” cannot fairly capture their distinct legacies.”
Every model’s answer (32)
Claude Haiku 4.5Beatles, either way
Claude Opus 5Beatles, either way
Command ABeatles, either way
DeepSeek V3 ChatBeatles, either way
DeepSeek V4 ProBeatles, either way
EdgeBeatles, either way
GLM 5.3 FlashBeatles, either way
GPT-4o MiniBeatles, either way
GPT-5.6 TerraBeatles, either way
Gemini 3.1 ProBeatles, either way
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteBeatles, either way
Granite 4.1 8bBeatles, either way
Grok 4.6Beatles, either way
Hunyuan 3Beatles, either way
Kimi K2Beatles, either way
Kimi K3Beatles, either way
Llama 3.3 70BBeatles, either way
Llama 4 MaverickBeatles, either way
MiMo v2.5Beatles, either way
Nemotron 3.5Beatles, either way
Nova MicroBeatles, either way
Nova ProBeatles, either way
Phi-4Beatles, either way
Qwen3 32BBeatles, either way
Qwen3.8 MaxBeatles, either way
Seed 1.6 FlashBeatles, either way
Step 3.5 FlashBeatles, either way
GLM-5.3Changed with the order
Mistral Large 2512Changed with the order
Mistral Small 2603Stones, either way
Grok 4.3No pick
Hermes 4 70BNo pick

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