LiveCodeBench v5

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LiveCodeBench v5 Leaderboard

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About this benchmark

What is LiveCodeBench v5?

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 v5 is a text benchmark evaluating models on reasoning and general tasks. LLM Stats tracks 9 models on this benchmark, scored on a 0–1 scale. The current average is 0.4, with the leader at 0.8.

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

Current leaders

Gemini 2.5 Pro from Google currently leads the LiveCodeBench v5 leaderboard with a score of 0.756 across 9 evaluated AI models.

1Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle75.6%
2Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle63.9%
3Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team61.4%

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
Published
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 v5 benchmark and leaderboard.

What is the LiveCodeBench v5 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 v5 leaderboard?

The LiveCodeBench v5 leaderboard ranks 9 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Gemini 2.5 Pro by Google leads with a score of 0.756. The average score across all models is 0.421.

What is the highest LiveCodeBench v5 score?

The highest LiveCodeBench v5 score is 0.756, achieved by Gemini 2.5 Pro from Google.

How many models are evaluated on LiveCodeBench v5?

9 models have been evaluated on the LiveCodeBench v5 benchmark, with 0 verified results and 9 self-reported results.

Where can I find the LiveCodeBench v5 paper?

The LiveCodeBench v5 paper is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07974. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does LiveCodeBench v5 cover?

LiveCodeBench v5 is categorized under reasoning and general. The benchmark evaluates text models.

What is the best open-source model on LiveCodeBench v5?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team is the top-ranked open-source model on LiveCodeBench v5, with a score of 0.614 (rank #3).

Which model offers the best value on LiveCodeBench v5?

Among models scoring within 10% of the leader, Gemini 2.5 Pro from Google is the cheapest, at $1.25 per million input tokens with a score of 0.756.

How recent are the LiveCodeBench v5 leaderboard results?

The LiveCodeBench v5 leaderboard was last updated in July 2026 and currently includes 9 evaluated models.