AlignBench

AlignBench is a comprehensive multi-dimensional benchmark for evaluating Chinese alignment of Large Language Models. It contains 8 main categories: Fundamental Language Ability, Advanced Chinese Understanding, Open-ended Questions, Writing Ability, Logical Reasoning, Mathematics, Task-oriented Role Play, and Professional Knowledge. The benchmark includes 683 real-scenario rooted queries with human-verified references and uses a rule-calibrated multi-dimensional LLM-as-Judge approach with Chain-of-Thought for evaluation.

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team currently leads the AlignBench leaderboard with a score of 0.816 across 4 evaluated AI models.

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 72B Instruct leads with 81.6%, followed by DeepSeekDeepSeek-V2.5 at 80.4% and Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 7B Instruct at 73.3%.

Progress Over Time

Interactive timeline showing model performance evolution on AlignBench

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AlignBench Leaderboard

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
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FAQ

Common questions about AlignBench.

What is the AlignBench benchmark?

AlignBench is a comprehensive multi-dimensional benchmark for evaluating Chinese alignment of Large Language Models. It contains 8 main categories: Fundamental Language Ability, Advanced Chinese Understanding, Open-ended Questions, Writing Ability, Logical Reasoning, Mathematics, Task-oriented Role Play, and Professional Knowledge. The benchmark includes 683 real-scenario rooted queries with human-verified references and uses a rule-calibrated multi-dimensional LLM-as-Judge approach with Chain-of-Thought for evaluation.

What is the AlignBench leaderboard?

The AlignBench leaderboard ranks 4 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team leads with a score of 0.816. The average score across all models is 0.769.

What is the highest AlignBench score?

The highest AlignBench score is 0.816, achieved by Qwen2.5 72B Instruct from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

How many models are evaluated on AlignBench?

4 models have been evaluated on the AlignBench benchmark, with 0 verified results and 4 self-reported results.

Where can I find the AlignBench paper?

The AlignBench paper is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18743. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does AlignBench cover?

AlignBench is categorized under writing, creativity, general, language, math, reasoning, and roleplay. The benchmark evaluates text models with multilingual support.

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