MLS-Bench (Vanilla) - AI for Science: leaderboard
Metric: Mean normalized task score (0-100): each metric is anchored so the worst reproduced human baseline scores 0 and the best 50 (a metric's theoretical optimum maps to 100), metrics are averaged with human weights within a setting and by geometric mean across at least three generalization settings, over the 10 MLS-Bench tasks of the AI for Science area; Vanilla protocol: the score of the model's first tested proposal (tools: edit, test, submit, undo); high reasoning effort with a 10,000-token thinking budget, web search disabled, fixed seeds; higher is better. Source: arxiv.org. Saturation forecast: Around September 2027. 5 models tracked.
Top models
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview) (High) | 33.4 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 4.6 (Thinking) | 26.2 |
| 3 | GPT-5.4 (High) | 13.8 |
| 4 | Qwen 3.6 Plus (Thinking) | 12 |
| 5 | DeepSeek V3.2 (Thinking) | 4.2 |
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