Fidelity Advantage 401 vs Empower Retirement
One of fourteen models named Fidelity Advantage 401 first on the direct prompt; one named Empower Retirement. Fidelity Advantage 401 was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Empower Retirement by fourteen and Fidelity Advantage 401 carries 36 labels and Empower Retirement 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the 401(k) providers page.
By framing
Fidelity Advantage 401First choices, of fourteen modelsEmpower Retirement
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Fidelity Advantage 401 and Empower Retirement were named in the same answer forty times, of the 107 answers naming Fidelity Advantage 401 and the 88 naming Empower Retirement. In those answers Empower Retirement took the first choice two times and Fidelity Advantage 401 twelve.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | |||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Fidelity Advantage 401 Empower Retirement first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Fidelity Advantage 401 on the left and Empower Retirement on the right.The direct prompt
Fidelity Advantage 401 first, Empower Retirement an alternative
1 of 14 modelsEmpower Retirement was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Empower Retirement first, Fidelity Advantage 401 not the choice
1 of 14 modelsFidelity Advantage 401 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Fidelity Advantage 40111%#3 of 9Empower Retirement0%#– of 9Fidelity Advantage 4019%#5 of 12Empower Retirement7%#6 of 12Fidelity Advantage 40113%#2 of 11Empower Retirement7%#4 of 11What the models said about Fidelity Advantage 401
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Fidelity – Highly rated for its broad investment lineup, transparent fees, strong digital tools, and education resources. It's a top choice” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“1. Fidelity Investments - Best for: Large and mid-sized companies; top-rated mobile app, zero-fee index funds (e.g., FZROX).” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“If it is Fidelity, Vanguard, Schwab, or Empower, you are in safe territory regarding platform security and customer service.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Empower Retirement
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Mid-market B2B firms typically land on Fidelity or Empower for service/flexibility” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Empower Retirement - best for flexibility and negotiated pricing for mid-market” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If it is Fidelity, Vanguard, Schwab, or Empower, you are in safe territory” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.