BFCL

The Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) is the first comprehensive and executable function call evaluation dedicated to assessing Large Language Models' ability to invoke functions. It evaluates serial and parallel function calls across multiple programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, REST API) using a novel Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) evaluation method. The benchmark consists of over 2,000 question-function-answer pairs covering diverse application domains and complex use cases including multiple function calls, parallel function calls, and multi-turn interactions.

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct from Meta currently leads the BFCL leaderboard with a score of 0.885 across 10 evaluated AI models.

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MetaLlama 3.1 405B Instruct leads with 88.5%, followed by MetaLlama 3.1 70B Instruct at 84.8% and MetaLlama 3.1 8B Instruct at 76.1%.

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BFCL Leaderboard

10 models
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1405B
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38B
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
235B
5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
33B128K$0.10 / $0.44
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
31B128K$0.10 / $0.30
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Amazon
Amazon
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Amazon
Amazon
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
33B
10
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Common questions about BFCL.

What is the BFCL benchmark?

The Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) is the first comprehensive and executable function call evaluation dedicated to assessing Large Language Models' ability to invoke functions. It evaluates serial and parallel function calls across multiple programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, REST API) using a novel Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) evaluation method. The benchmark consists of over 2,000 question-function-answer pairs covering diverse application domains and complex use cases including multiple function calls, parallel function calls, and multi-turn interactions.

What is the BFCL leaderboard?

The BFCL leaderboard ranks 10 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct by Meta leads with a score of 0.885. The average score across all models is 0.717.

What is the highest BFCL score?

The highest BFCL score is 0.885, achieved by Llama 3.1 405B Instruct from Meta.

How many models are evaluated on BFCL?

10 models have been evaluated on the BFCL benchmark, with 0 verified results and 10 self-reported results.

Where can I find the BFCL paper?

The BFCL paper is available at https://openreview.net/pdf?id=2GmDdhBdDk. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does BFCL cover?

BFCL is categorized under general, reasoning, and tool calling. The benchmark evaluates text models.

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