LiveCodeBench(01-09)

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About this benchmark

What is LiveCodeBench(01-09)?

LiveCodeBench is a holistic and contamination-free evaluation benchmark for large language models for code. It continuously collects new problems from programming contests (LeetCode, AtCoder, CodeForces) and evaluates four different scenarios: code generation, self-repair, code execution, and test output prediction. Problems are annotated with release dates to enable evaluation on unseen problems released after a model's training cutoff.

LiveCodeBench(01-09) is a text benchmark evaluating models on reasoning and general tasks. LLM Stats tracks 1 models on this benchmark, scored on a 0–1 scale. The current average is 0.4, with the leader at 0.4.

Compare leaders on the best AI for reasoning and best AI for general leaderboards.

Current leaders

DeepSeek-V2.5 from DeepSeek currently leads the LiveCodeBench(01-09) leaderboard with a score of 0.418 across 1 evaluated AI models.

1DeepSeek-V2.5DeepSeek41.8%

Source paper

Title
LiveCodeBench: Holistic and Contamination Free Evaluation of Large Language Models for Code
Authors
Naman Jain, King Han, Alex Gu, Wen-Ding Li, and 6 others
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Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) applied to code-related applications have emerged as a prominent field, attracting significant interest from both academia and industry. However, as new and improved LLMs are developed, existing evaluation benchmarks (e.g., HumanEval, MBPP) are no longer sufficient for assessing their capabilities. In this work, we propose LiveCodeBench, a comprehensive and contamination-free evaluation of LLMs for code, which continuously collects new problems over time from contests across three competition platforms, namely LeetCode, AtCoder, and CodeForces. Notably, our benchmark also focuses on a broader range of code related capabilities, such as self-repair, code execution, and test output prediction, beyond just code generation. Currently, LiveCodeBench hosts four hundred high-quality coding problems that were published between May 2023 and May 2024. We have evaluated 18 base LLMs and 34 instruction-tuned LLMs on LiveCodeBench. We present empirical findings on contamination, holistic performance comparisons, potential overfitting in existing benchmarks as well as individual model comparisons. We will release all prompts and model completions for further community analysis, along with a general toolkit for adding new scenarios and model

FAQ

Common questions about the LiveCodeBench(01-09) benchmark and leaderboard.

What is the LiveCodeBench(01-09) benchmark?

LiveCodeBench is a holistic and contamination-free evaluation benchmark for large language models for code. It continuously collects new problems from programming contests (LeetCode, AtCoder, CodeForces) and evaluates four different scenarios: code generation, self-repair, code execution, and test output prediction. Problems are annotated with release dates to enable evaluation on unseen problems released after a model's training cutoff.

What is the LiveCodeBench(01-09) leaderboard?

The LiveCodeBench(01-09) leaderboard ranks 1 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek leads with a score of 0.418. The average score across all models is 0.418.

What is the highest LiveCodeBench(01-09) score?

The highest LiveCodeBench(01-09) score is 0.418, achieved by DeepSeek-V2.5 from DeepSeek.

How many models are evaluated on LiveCodeBench(01-09)?

1 models have been evaluated on the LiveCodeBench(01-09) benchmark, with 0 verified results and 1 self-reported results.

Where can I find the LiveCodeBench(01-09) paper?

The LiveCodeBench(01-09) paper is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07974. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does LiveCodeBench(01-09) cover?

LiveCodeBench(01-09) is categorized under reasoning and general. The benchmark evaluates text models.

What is the best open-source model on LiveCodeBench(01-09)?

DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek is the top-ranked open-source model on LiveCodeBench(01-09), with a score of 0.418 (rank #1).

How recent are the LiveCodeBench(01-09) leaderboard results?

The LiveCodeBench(01-09) leaderboard was last updated in July 2026 and currently includes 1 evaluated models.