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MT-Bench Leaderboard

MT-Bench is a challenging multi-turn benchmark for evaluating large language models' ability to engage in coherent, informative, and engaging conversations.

Updated Sep 5, 2026

Models12
Model coverage12
MetricNormalized score
EvidenceB

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MT-Bench Ranking

Higher normalized score ranks better on this benchmark.

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Rank01ModelACQwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamNormalized score93.50%Percentile100.00%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank02ModelNVLlama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1NVIDIANormalized score91.70%Percentile90.91%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank03ModelDEDeepSeek-V2.5DeepSeekNormalized score90.20%Percentile81.82%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank04ModelNRHermes 3 70BNous ResearchNormalized score89.90%Percentile72.73%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank05ModelACQwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamNormalized score87.50%Percentile63.64%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank06ModelMAMistral Large 2Mistral AINormalized score86.30%Percentile54.55%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank07ModelACQwen2 7B InstructAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamNormalized score84.10%Percentile45.45%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank08ModelMAMistral Small 3 24B InstructMistral AINormalized score83.50%Percentile36.36%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank09ModelMAMinistral 8B InstructMistral AINormalized score83.00%Percentile27.27%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank10ModelNVLlama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1NVIDIANormalized score81.00%Percentile18.18%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank11ModelMAPixtral-12BMistral AINormalized score76.80%Percentile9.09%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026
Rank12ModelNVLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructNVIDIANormalized score8.99%Percentile0.00%Participants12EvidenceCEvaluatedSep 8, 2026

MT-Bench Highlights

The leading models and scores on this benchmark.

MT-Bench Score Distribution

A closer view of the leading scores on this benchmark.

MT-Bench

The Top AI Models for MT-Bench

The first five results on this benchmark, with official price and output speed added where the model identity can be matched.

What is MT-Bench?

What MT-Bench measures and how its scores work.

MT-Bench is a multi-turn dialogue benchmark that uses strong LLMs as judges for scalable and explainable evaluation.

It measures multi-turn dialogue capabilities using a Normalized score expressed as a ratio.

Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.

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MT-Bench
Modality
text
Primary category
chat
Score direction
higher
LLMBoard eligible
No
Evaluation key
overall

LLM Stats. Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.

FAQ

Common questions about MT-Bench.

Which model scores highest on MT-Bench?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is currently ranked first with 93.50%.

What are the top three models on MT-Bench?

The current leaders are Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (93.50%), Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 (91.70%), and DeepSeek-V2.5 (90.20%).

Which MT-Bench model has the lowest official input price?

Pixtral-12B has the lowest matched official input price at $0.15 input / $0.15 output per 1M tokens.

Which models are fastest among MT-Bench results?

The fastest matched records are Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct (134.00 tok/s via Mistral AI), DeepSeek-V2.5 (100.00 tok/s via DeepSeek), and Mistral Large 2 (42.00 tok/s via Google).

Does the highest normalized score result prove overall model quality?

No. This benchmark measures one defined capability or task. The overall LLMBoard score uses a separate aggregation across eligible benchmark evidence.

What does MT-Bench measure?

It measures multi-turn dialogue capabilities using a Normalized score expressed as a ratio.

Is a higher normalized score better?

Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.

How many models are compared?

12 model results are currently shown.

Does this benchmark affect the overall score?

No. This benchmark is shown for reference but does not contribute to the overall score.

Rank #1Qwen2.5 72B Instruct93.50%
Rank #2Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v191.70%
Rank #3DeepSeek-V2.590.20%
Rank #4Hermes 3 70B89.90%

Ranking basisThis mt-bench AI model leaderboard uses descending normalized score in the benchmark original unit. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.

  1. 01
    AC
    Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
    Normalized score
    93.50%
    Price
    $1.4 input / $5.6 output per 1M tokens
    Speed
    Up to 10.00 tok/s via DeepInfra

    Strengths

    • Ranks #1 of 12 compared models
    • 100th percentile on this benchmark
    • C evidence result

    Considerations

    • This result measures MT-Bench, not total model capability
  2. 02
    NV
    Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1NVIDIA
    Normalized score
    91.70%

    Strengths

    • Ranks #2 of 12 compared models
    • 91th percentile on this benchmark
    • C evidence result

    Considerations

    • This result measures MT-Bench, not total model capability
  3. 03
    DE
    DeepSeek
    Normalized score
    90.20%
    Speed
    Up to 100.00 tok/s via DeepSeek

    Strengths

    • Ranks #3 of 12 compared models
    • 82th percentile on this benchmark
    • C evidence result

    Considerations

    • This result measures MT-Bench, not total model capability
  4. 04
    NR
    Nous Research
    Normalized score
    89.90%

    Strengths

    • Ranks #4 of 12 compared models
    • 73th percentile on this benchmark
    • C evidence result

    Considerations

    • This result measures MT-Bench, not total model capability
  5. 05
    AC
    Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
    Normalized score
    87.50%
    Price
    $0.18 input / $0.70 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #5 of 12 compared models
    • 64th percentile on this benchmark
    • C evidence result

    Considerations

    • This result measures MT-Bench, not total model capability

Selection summary

Best AI Models for MT-Bench

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct currently leads MT-Bench with 93.50%. It is the top model on this specific benchmark, while the best LLM for the broader task should also be checked against other benchmarks, price, and runtime.

Use this leaderboard with the supporting benchmark results and coverage details above. A leaderboard position summarizes the selected ranking signal; it does not replace workload-specific testing.

DeepSeek-V2.5
Hermes 3 70B
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Benchmark rank #1Qwen2.5 72B Instruct93.50% · $1.4 input / $5.6 output per 1M tokens
Benchmark rank #2Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v191.70%
Benchmark rank #3DeepSeek-V2.590.20% · Up to 100.00 tok/s via DeepSeek