PhysicsFinals
Gemini 1.5 Pro May 2024 63.9% Models answer 61 undergraduate physics final exam problems written by physics professors. A professor grades the answers.
In-house Google eval, never released.
- Made by
- Google DeepMind
- Released
- February 2024
- Kind
- Science questions
- Level
- University
- Scored
- Graded by people
- Answers
- Open-ended
- Tasks
- Kept private
- Strongest model tested
- Gemini 1.5 Pro May 2024 #173 on the capability index
- Last in a launch post
- May 2024, dropped before it saturated
- Last model added
- May 2024
2
Models scored in lab cards
2
Launch posts list it, from 1 lab
Gemini 1.5 Pro leads with 63.9%
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.
- 1 Gemini 1.5 Pro May 2024 63.9%
- 2 Gemini 1.5 Pro Feb 2024 60.7%
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 1.5 Pro May 2024 | 63.9% | May 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | Gemini 1.5 Pro Feb 2024 | 60.7% | Feb 2024 | Lab model card |
Scores over time
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
Best so far
Source: Labs’ model cards
No launch post has listed it since May 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2024 | Gemini 1.5 Pro | 63.9 | PhysicsFinals, 0-shot |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Gemini 1.5 Pro | 60.7 | PhysicsFinals, 0-shot |
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