Vibe-Eval
Models answer 269 image-based prompts, 100 of them hard, that have expert gold responses. A Reka Core judge rates each answer.
In the authors’ words
We introduce Vibe-Eval: a new open benchmark and framework for evaluating multimodal chat models. Vibe-Eval consists of 269 visual understanding prompts, including 100 of hard difficulty, complete with gold-standard responses authored by experts. Vibe-Eval is open-ended and challenging with dual objectives: (i) vibe checking multimodal chat models for day-to-day tasks and (ii) rigorously testing and probing the capabilities of present frontier models. Notably, our hard set contains >50% questions that all frontier models answer incorrectly. We explore the nuances of designing, evaluating, and ranking models on ultra challenging prompts. We also discuss trade-offs between human and automatic evaluation, and show that automatic model evaluation using Reka Core roughly correlates to human judgment. We offer free API access for the purpose of lightweight evaluation and plan to conduct formal human evaluations for public models that perform well on the Vibe-Eval's automatic scores. We release the evaluation code and data, see https://github.com/reka-ai/reka-vibe-eval
- Level
- Everyday Most adults, without training
- Scored
- Graded by a model A language model scores each response, usually against a rubric.
- Answers
- Open-ended Free-form text, documents, designs or media judged as a whole.
Seed2.0 Pro leads with 81.4% among models released by Feb 2026
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 Feb 2026, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- GPT-6.1 Sol
- and 16 more
- 1
Seed2.0 Pro 81.4%
- 2
Gemini 2.5 Pro Mar 2025 69.4%
- 3
Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 67.2%
- 4
Gemini 2.5 Flash Jun 2025 65.4%
- 5
Gemini 2.5 Flash Apr 2025 62%
- 6
Gemini 2.5 Flash Sep 2025 62%
- 7
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Sep 2025 59.8%
- 8
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Jun 2025 57.5%
- 9
Gemini 2.0 Flash Dec 2024 56.3%
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 81.4% | Feb 2026 | Model card | |
| 2 | | 69.4% | Mar 2025 | Model card | |
| 3 | | 67.2% | Jun 2025 | Model card | |
| 4 | | 65.4% | Jun 2025 | Model card | |
| 5 | | 62% | Apr 2025 | Model card | |
| 6 | | 62% | Sep 2025 | Model card | |
| 7 | | 59.8% | Sep 2025 | Model card | |
| 8 | | 57.5% | Jun 2025 | Model card | |
| 9 | | 56.3% | Dec 2024 | Model card |
3 models have held number one since its release in May 2024
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
No launch post has listed it since Sep 2025
Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2025 | 59.8 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), Thinking | |
| 25 Sep 2025 | 62 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), model card | |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 65.4 | Vibe-Eval (Reka) | |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 57.5 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), Thinking | |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 67.2 | Vibe-Eval (Reka) | |
| 17 Apr 2025 | 62 | Vibe-Eval (Reka) | |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 69.4 | Vibe-Eval (Reka) | |
| 11 Dec 2024 | 56.3 | Vibe-Eval (Reka) |
6 system cards report it, from 2 labs
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.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb 2026 | | 81.4 | VibeEval, 1 to 5 ratings scaled to 0 to 100 (Table 8) | Capabilities |
| 26 Sep 2025 | | 62 | Image understanding Vibe-Eval (Reka), Gemini as judge (Table, p.5) | Capabilities |
| 7 Jul 2025 | | 67.2 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), Gemini as judge (Table 3) | Capabilities |
| 7 Jul 2025 | | 65.4 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), Gemini as judge (Table 3) | Capabilities |
| 29 Apr 2025 | | 62 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), Gemini as judge (Table, p.4) | Capabilities |
| 28 Apr 2025 | | 69.4 | Vibe-Eval (Reka), Gemini as judge (Table, p.4, column Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental 03-25) | Capabilities |
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