PodBench - Thinking Mode - Script Quality: leaderboard
Metric: Podcast Script Quality (0-100 rubric: depth 45, structure 30, language 25). Source: arxiv.org. Saturation forecast: Estimated already saturated. 12 models tracked.
Top models
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek R1 0528 | 61.15 |
| 2 | Qwen 3 235B A22B (Thinking) | 60.42 |
| 3 | Qwen 3 32B (Thinking) | 59.92 |
| 4 | Qwen 3 14B (Reasoning) | 56.86 |
| 5 | Qwen 3 30B A3B (Thinking) | 54.78 |
| 6 | Qwen 3 8B (Thinking) | 53.89 |
| 7 | DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 51.3 |
| 8 | Qwen 3 4B (Reasoning) | 51.15 |
| 9 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | 48.05 |
| 10 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | 45.22 |
| 11 | Qwen 3 1.7B (Thinking) | 42.29 |
| 12 | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B | 36.21 |
Interactive version: theaggregate.ai/benchmark?slug=podbench-thinking-mode-script-quality · How It Works · Data refreshed daily, snapshot 2026-09-25.