We all hear about benchmarks these days
And that LLMs are measured against them
But what exactly are these benchmarks?
Here's an explainer:
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1. HumanEval and MultiPL-E
HumanEval and MultiPL-E are benchmarks used to evaluate the performance of AI models in generating and understanding code.
These benchmarks are designed to assess how well a model can complete programming tasks, understand code syntax, and generate accurate code solutions.
HumanEval:
Purpose: Measures the ability of AI models to generate correct code solutions for given programming problems.
Tasks: Typically involves coding challenges where the model must write functional code snippets based on a problem description.
Performance Indicator: Higher scores indicate better understanding and generation of code, reflecting the model’s capability in code-related tasks.
MultiPL-E:
Purpose: Evaluates the model's performance across multiple programming languages.
Tasks: Similar to HumanEval but expanded to include various programming languages, testing the model's versatility and multilingual coding proficiency.
Performance Indicator: Outperforming Llama 3.1 405B instruct and scoring just below GPT-4o suggests that Mistral Large 2 is highly proficient in coding tasks and can handle multiple languages effectively.
2. MATH (0-shot, without CoT)
MATH (0-shot, without CoT) is a benchmark designed to assess the mathematical reasoning and problem-solving abilities of AI models without prior contextual examples (0-shot) and without chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting.
Purpose: Tests the model's inherent ability to solve mathematical problems without additional hints or step-by-step guidance.
Tasks: Includes a variety of math problems ranging from basic arithmetic to more complex mathematical reasoning.
Performance Indicator: Falling only behind GPT-4o indicates that Mistral Large 2 has strong mathematical reasoning abilities, capable of solving problems independently without guided thinking processes.
3. Multilingual MMLU
Multilingual MMLU (Massive Multilingual Language Understanding) is a benchmark that measures the performance of AI models across different languages, evaluating their understanding and generation capabilities in a multilingual context.
Purpose: Assesses the model’s ability to understand and generate text in various languages, testing its multilingual proficiency.
Tasks: Includes a diverse set of language tasks such as translation, comprehension, and language-specific problem-solving in multiple languages.
Performance indicator based on the latest Mistral Large 2.
Note: There are many more benchmarks not mentioned here. This is a good starting point.