PhysicsFinals

PHYSICS is a comprehensive benchmark for university-level physics problem solving, containing 1,297 expert-annotated problems covering six core areas: classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, electromagnetism, atomic physics, and optics. Each problem requires advanced physics knowledge and mathematical reasoning. Even advanced models like o3-mini achieve only 59.9% accuracy.

Gemini 1.5 Pro from Google currently leads the PhysicsFinals leaderboard with a score of 0.639 across 2 evaluated AI models.

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GoogleGemini 1.5 Pro leads with 63.9%, followed by GoogleGemini 1.5 Flash at 57.4%.

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What is the PhysicsFinals benchmark?

PHYSICS is a comprehensive benchmark for university-level physics problem solving, containing 1,297 expert-annotated problems covering six core areas: classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, electromagnetism, atomic physics, and optics. Each problem requires advanced physics knowledge and mathematical reasoning. Even advanced models like o3-mini achieve only 59.9% accuracy.

What is the PhysicsFinals leaderboard?

The PhysicsFinals leaderboard ranks 2 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Gemini 1.5 Pro by Google leads with a score of 0.639. The average score across all models is 0.607.

What is the highest PhysicsFinals score?

The highest PhysicsFinals score is 0.639, achieved by Gemini 1.5 Pro from Google.

How many models are evaluated on PhysicsFinals?

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

Where can I find the PhysicsFinals paper?

The PhysicsFinals paper is available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21821. The paper details the methodology, dataset construction, and evaluation criteria.

What categories does PhysicsFinals cover?

PhysicsFinals is categorized under math, physics, and reasoning. The benchmark evaluates text models.

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