---
title: Large language model performance matrix
description: This page describes the performance of various large language models (LLMs) for different use cases in Elastic Security, based on our internal testing...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/security/ai/large-language-model-performance-matrix
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Security
applies_to:
  - Serverless Security projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Large language model performance matrix
This page describes the performance of various large language models (LLMs) for different use cases in Elastic Security, based on our internal testing. To learn more about these use cases, refer to [AI-Powered features](/docs/explore-analyze/ai-features#security-features).
<important>
  Higher scores indicate better performance. A score of 10 on a task means the model met or exceeded all task-specific benchmarks.Models with a score of "Not recommended" failed testing. This could be due to various issues, including context window constraints.
</important>


## Proprietary models

Models from third-party LLM providers.

| **Model**          | **Alerts** | **Security Knowledge** | **ES|QL Query Generation** | **Knowledge Base Retrieval** | **Attack Discovery** | **Automatic Migration** | **Average Score** |
|--------------------|------------|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
| **Sonnet 4.5**     | 9.05       | 9.8                    | 7.3                        | 9                            | 8                    | 10                      | **8.86**          |
| **GPT 5.2**        | 10         | 8                      | 8.9                        | 7.5                          | 8.5                  | 10                      | **8.82**          |
| **Opus 4.5**       | 9.15       | 9.8                    | 8.75                       | 9.15                         | 8.5                  | 7.3                     | **8.78**          |
| **Sonnet 4**       | 9.15       | 9.8                    | 8.75                       | 8.9                          | 7                    | 7.5                     | **8.52**          |
| **Sonnet 3.7**     | 7.7        | 9.2                    | 7.3                        | 8.6                          | 7                    | 9.7                     | **8.25**          |
| **Gemini 2.5 Pro** | 8          | 7.3                    | 4.05                       | 6.75                         | 8.7                  | 6.3                     | **6.85**          |
| **GPT 5.1**        | 9          | 0.8                    | 7.1                        | 7.7                          | 6.5                  | 9.8                     | **6.82**          |
| **GPT 4.1**        | 7.25       | 6.2                    | 5.7                        | 6.3                          | 8                    | 3.1                     | **6.09**          |


## Open-source models

Models you can [deploy yourself](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/ai-features/llm-guides/local-llms-overview).

| **Model**       | **Alerts** | **Security Knowledge** | **ES|QL Query Generation** | **Knowledge Base Retrieval** | **Attack Discovery** | **Automatic Migration** | **Average Score** |
|-----------------|------------|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
| **GPT OSS 20b** | 8.2        | 1.5                    | 2.5                        | Not recommended              | Not recommended      | Not recommended         | **2.03**          |