MLS-Bench Lite

MLS-Bench Lite is the official 30-task subset of MLS-Bench for evaluating whether AI systems can invent generalizable and scalable machine learning methods across LLM pretraining and post-training, robotics, world models, computer vision, reinforcement learning, optimization, ML systems, and AI for Science.

Kimi K2.7 Code from Moonshot AI currently leads the MLS-Bench Lite leaderboard with a score of 0.351 across 1 evaluated AI models.

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What MLS-Bench Lite measures

MLS-Bench Lite is a text benchmark that evaluates large language models on reasoning, agents, and coding tasks. LLM Stats tracks 1 model on this benchmark, with a maximum possible score of 1. Current average across reported models is 0.4, with the leader reaching 0.4.

Compare leaders on the best AI for reasoning, best AI for agents and best AI for coding leaderboards.

Moonshot AIKimi K2.7 Code leads with 35.1%.

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Interactive timeline showing model performance evolution on MLS-Bench Lite

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MLS-Bench Lite Leaderboard

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Common questions about MLS-Bench Lite.

What is the MLS-Bench Lite benchmark?

MLS-Bench Lite is the official 30-task subset of MLS-Bench for evaluating whether AI systems can invent generalizable and scalable machine learning methods across LLM pretraining and post-training, robotics, world models, computer vision, reinforcement learning, optimization, ML systems, and AI for Science.

What is the MLS-Bench Lite leaderboard?

The MLS-Bench Lite leaderboard ranks 1 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Kimi K2.7 Code by Moonshot AI leads with a score of 0.351. The average score across all models is 0.351.

What is the highest MLS-Bench Lite score?

The highest MLS-Bench Lite score is 0.351, achieved by Kimi K2.7 Code from Moonshot AI.

How many models are evaluated on MLS-Bench Lite?

1 models have been evaluated on the MLS-Bench Lite benchmark, with 0 verified results and 1 self-reported results.

What categories does MLS-Bench Lite cover?

MLS-Bench Lite is categorized under reasoning, agents, and coding. The benchmark evaluates text models.

What is the best open-source model on MLS-Bench Lite?

Kimi K2.7 Code by Moonshot AI is the top-ranked open-source model on MLS-Bench Lite, with a score of 0.351 (rank #1).

Which model offers the best value on MLS-Bench Lite?

Among models scoring within 10% of the leader, Kimi K2.7 Code from Moonshot AI is the cheapest, at $0.95 per million input tokens with a score of 0.351.

How recent are the MLS-Bench Lite leaderboard results?

The MLS-Bench Lite leaderboard was last updated in June 2026 and currently includes 1 evaluated models.

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