MMLU-STEM

STEM-focused subset of the Massive Multitask Language Understanding benchmark, evaluating language models on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics including physics, chemistry, mathematics, and other technical subjects.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team currently leads the MMLU-STEM leaderboard with a score of 0.809 across 2 evaluated AI models.

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 32B Instruct leads with 80.9%, followed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen2.5 14B Instruct at 76.4%.

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MMLU-STEM Leaderboard

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
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Common questions about MMLU-STEM.

What is the MMLU-STEM benchmark?

STEM-focused subset of the Massive Multitask Language Understanding benchmark, evaluating language models on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics topics including physics, chemistry, mathematics, and other technical subjects.

What is the MMLU-STEM leaderboard?

The MMLU-STEM leaderboard ranks 2 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team leads with a score of 0.809. The average score across all models is 0.786.

What is the highest MMLU-STEM score?

The highest MMLU-STEM score is 0.809, achieved by Qwen2.5 32B Instruct from Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

How many models are evaluated on MMLU-STEM?

2 models have been evaluated on the MMLU-STEM benchmark, with 0 verified results and 2 self-reported results.

Where can I find the MMLU-STEM paper?

The MMLU-STEM paper is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.03300. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does MMLU-STEM cover?

MMLU-STEM is categorized under chemistry, math, physics, and reasoning. The benchmark evaluates text models.

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