Benchmark Almanac

GRE Physics

Llama 3.1-405B 80% leads since Nov 2024 Only in system cards

Models answer questions from official GRE Physics practice tests. Scored as accuracy.

Llama 3 averages official practice tests 1 and 2 and drops questions with images.

Made by ETS Science questions Last in a system card Nov 2024 Last model added Nov 2024
Level
University Undergraduates and entry-level professionals
Scored
Checked automatically A program checks the result against an answer key, unit tests or the expected final state.
Answers
Multiple choice
3
Models scored in lab cards
3
System cards report it, from 1 lab

Llama 3.1-405B leads with 80% among models released by Jul 2024

Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.

The newest model with a score here came out in Jul 2024, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

  1. 1 Llama 3.1-405B 80%
  2. 2 Llama 3.1-70B 74.7%
  3. 3 Llama 3.1-8B 48%
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Llama 3.1-405B 80% Nov 2024 Model card
2 Llama 3.1-70B 74.7% Nov 2024 Model card
3 Llama 3.1-8B 48% Nov 2024 Model card

Number one over time

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.

Meta
Lab claims Not tested since Nov 2024

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

Reported by the lab in its model card
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2025 Near the ceiling (85%) Llama 3.1-405B 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2025 Near the ceiling (85%) Llama 3.1-405B

Labs report it only in system cards

We read the headline results of 479 launch posts from 51 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.

3 system cards report it, from 1 lab

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
23 Nov 2024 Llama 3.1-8B technical report 48 GRE Physics, accuracy (Table 17) Capabilities
23 Nov 2024 Llama 3.1-70B technical report 74.7 GRE Physics, accuracy (Table 17) Capabilities
23 Nov 2024 Llama 3.1-405B technical report 80 GRE Physics, accuracy (Table 17) Capabilities

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