Benchmark Almanac

AP Physics

Llama 3.1-405B 92.9% leads since November 2024
Only in system cards

Models answer an official AP Physics practice exam without image questions. Scored as accuracy.

Llama 3 does not say which AP Physics exam it used. Use ap-physics-2 when it is stated.

Made by
College Board
Kind
Exam questions
Level
School
Scored
Checked automatically
Answers
Multiple choice
Strongest model tested
Llama 3.1-405B #162 on the capability index
Last in a system card
November 2024
Last model added
November 2024
3
Models scored in lab cards
3
System cards report it, from 1 lab

Llama 3.1-405B leads with 92.9% among models released by July 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 July 2024, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

  1. 92.9 Llama 3.1-405B
  2. 78.6 Llama 3.1-70B
  3. 57.1 Llama 3.1-8B
  1. 1 Llama 3.1-405B 92.9%
  2. 2 Llama 3.1-70B 78.6%
  3. 3 Llama 3.1-8B 57.1%

Source: Labs’ model cards

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Llama 3.1-405B 92.9% Nov 2024 Lab model card
2 Llama 3.1-70B 78.6% Nov 2024 Lab model card
3 Llama 3.1-8B 57.1% Nov 2024 Lab 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 Passed 85% in Nov 2024, by Llama 3.1-405B
Llama 3.1-405B 92.9%

Source: Labs’ model cards

Meta’s own number for Llama 3.1-405B passed 85% in November 2024

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

Source: Labs’ model cards

Labs report it only in system cards

We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 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
Nov 23, 2024 Llama 3.1-8B technical report 57.1 AP Physics, accuracy (Table 17) Capabilities
Nov 23, 2024 Llama 3.1-70B technical report 78.6 AP Physics, accuracy (Table 17) Capabilities
Nov 23, 2024 Llama 3.1-405B technical report 92.9 AP Physics, accuracy (Table 17) Capabilities

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