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MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) tests a model across 57 academic subjects including STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. It measures breadth of knowledge from elementary to professional level.

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31

Models Tested

92.0

Best Score

87.0

Average Score

0–100

Scale Range

0.8x

Weight

How It Works

The model is given multiple-choice questions (4 options) across 57 subjects. Questions range from elementary mathematics to professional medicine and law. The test uses a few-shot format where the model sees examples before answering.

Why It Matters

MMLU is one of the most widely-cited benchmarks because it tests general knowledge breadth. A model that scores well on MMLU demonstrates broad competence across many domains, making it a useful proxy for general intelligence.

Limitations

MMLU relies on multiple-choice format which can be gamed. Some questions are ambiguous or have contested answers. It tests recall more than reasoning. Many modern models now saturate the benchmark (>90%), reducing its discriminative power.

Leaderboard — MMLU

# Model Provider Score
🥇 o3 OpenAI 92.0
🥈 o1 OpenAI 91.8
🥉 Grok 3 xAI 91.0
4 R1 DeepSeek 90.8
5 Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 Google 90.5
6 GPT-4.1 OpenAI 90.2
7 GPT-4.5 OpenAI 90.2
8 DeepSeek V3 0324 DeepSeek 89.5
9 Claude Opus 4 Anthropic 89.0
10 GPT-4o (2024-05-13) OpenAI 88.7
11 Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic 88.7
12 Llama 3.1 405B Meta 88.6
13 DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek 88.5
14 Claude Sonnet 4 Anthropic 88.0
15 Grok 2 xAI 87.5
16 GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI 87.5
17 Mistral Large Mistral 87.0
18 Claude 3 Opus Anthropic 86.8
19 Gemini 2.5 Flash Google 86.5
20 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Alibaba 86.1
21 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Meta 86.0
22 Gemini 1.5 Pro Google 85.9
23 Llama 4 Maverick Meta 85.5
24 Nemotron 70B NVIDIA 85.0
25 Phi 4 Microsoft 84.8
26 Command A Cohere 83.5
27 Llama 4 Scout Meta 83.0
28 Claude 3.5 Haiku Anthropic 83.0
29 GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) OpenAI 82.0
30 Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google 80.0
31 Mistral Small 3.1 24B Mistral 78.0
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