TheoremQA
Models solve 800 university-level questions in math, physics, EE and CS, and finance that each need a specific theorem. Scored by answer accuracy.
- Released
- May 2023
- Kind
- Science questions
- Level
- University
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Short answer
- Tasks
- All public
- Strongest model tested
-
Qwen2.5-72B #165 on the capability index
- Last in a launch post
- September 2024, dropped before it saturated
- Last model added
- September 2024
- Scores refreshed
- November 12th, 2026
In the authors’ words
The recent LLMs like GPT-4 and PaLM-2 have made tremendous progress in solving fundamental math problems like GSM8K by achieving over 90% accuracy. However, their capabilities to solve more challenging math problems which require domain-specific knowledge (i.e. theorem) have yet to be investigated. In this paper, we introduce TheoremQA, the first theorem-driven question-answering dataset designed to evaluate AI models' capabilities to apply theorems to solve challenging science problems. TheoremQA is curated by domain experts containing 800 high-quality questions covering 350 theorems (e.g. Taylor's theorem, Lagrange's theorem, Huffman coding, Quantum Theorem, Elasticity Theorem, etc) from Math, Physics, EE&CS, and Finance. We evaluate a wide spectrum of 16 large language and code models with different prompting strategies like Chain-of-Thoughts and Program-of-Thoughts. We found that GPT-4's capabilities to solve these problems are unparalleled, achieving an accuracy of 51% with Program-of-Thoughts Prompting. All the existing open-sourced models are below 15%, barely surpassing the random-guess baseline. Given the diversity and broad coverage of TheoremQA, we believe it can be used as a better benchmark to evaluate LLMs' capabilities to solve challenging science problems. The data and code are released in https://github.com/wenhuchen/TheoremQA.
Qwen2-72B leads with 44.4%
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.
GPT-4 Turbo leads with 48.4% across all independent runs
Best score per model across the official leaderboard, Epoch AI’s own runs and any board Epoch AI copied. Each bar and row names its source.
GPT-4 Turbo leads with 48.4%, claims included
Best score per model from every source, including labs’ own numbers and claims Epoch AI collected from reports and papers. Labs pick their own settings, so a claim can beat an independent run of the same model.
- 1
Qwen2-72B 44.4%
- 2
Qwen2.5-72B 42.4%
Source: Labs’ model cards
- 1 GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024, 5-shot CoT 48.4%
- 2
MAmmoTH2-8x7B-Plus 5-shot CoT 34.1%
- 3
DeepSeekMath-7B-Instruct 5-shot CoT 23.7%
- 4 Llemma 7B 5-shot CoT 17.2%
Source: Official TheoremQA leaderboard
- 1 GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024, 5-shot CoT 48.4%
- 2
Qwen2-72B 44.4%
- 3
Qwen2.5-72B 42.4%
- 4
MAmmoTH2-8x7B-Plus 5-shot CoT 34.1%
- 5
DeepSeekMath-7B-Instruct 5-shot CoT 23.7%
- 6 Llemma 7B 5-shot CoT 17.2%
Sources: Official TheoremQA leaderboard and labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 44.4% | Jun 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | | 42.4% | Sep 2024 | Lab model card |
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024 | 48.4% | 5-shot CoT | Apr 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | | 34.1% | 5-shot CoT | May 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | | 23.7% | 5-shot CoT | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | Llemma 7B | 17.2% | 5-shot CoT | Oct 2023 | Official leaderboard |
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024 | 48.4% | 5-shot CoT | Apr 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | | 44.4% | Jun 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | | 42.4% | Sep 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | | 34.1% | 5-shot CoT | May 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 5 | | 23.7% | 5-shot CoT | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 6 | Llemma 7B | 17.2% | 5-shot CoT | Oct 2023 | Official leaderboard |
The benchmark's own leaderboard has 34 entries, 4 of them models we track. Switch the scores above to rank them together.
Number one over time 3 models have held number one across all independent runs since its release in May 2023 3 models have held number one with claims included since its release in May 2023
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release. We draw one row each for the benchmark’s own leaderboard and what labs claim in their cards.
Sources: Official TheoremQA leaderboard and labs’ model cards
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Sources: Official TheoremQA leaderboard and labs’ model cards
No launch post has listed it since September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | 42.4 | Theoremqa | |
| Jun 7, 2024 | 44.4 | TheroemQA |
One system card reports it
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.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2024 | | 44.4 | Theorem QA, Qwen2-72B-Instruct (Table 6) | Capabilities |
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