long context benchmark
Qasper is a dataset of 5,049 information-seeking questions and answers anchored in 1,585 NLP research papers for academic document question answering.
Updated Sep 5, 2026
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
Rank | Model | Score | Percentile | Participants | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| Rank01 | ModelMI | Score41.90% | Percentile100.00% | Participants2 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| Rank02 | ModelMI | Score40.00% | Percentile0.00% | Participants2 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
A closer view of the leading scores on this benchmark.
The first five results on this benchmark, with official price and output speed added where the model identity can be matched.
What Qasper measures and how its scores work.
Qasper is a dataset in the long_context category containing questions written by NLP practitioners who read paper titles and abstracts, with answers requiring understanding of the full paper text and supporting evidence.
It measures performance on answering questions about information in full-text NLP research papers, including reasoning across document sections and providing supporting evidence, using Score reported as a ratio.
Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
LLM Stats. Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
Common questions about Qasper.
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is currently ranked first with 41.90%.
The current leaders are Phi-3.5-mini-instruct (41.90%) and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct (40.00%).
No matched official input price is currently available.
The fastest matched records are Phi-3.5-mini-instruct (23.00 tok/s via Azure).
No. This benchmark measures one defined capability or task. The overall LLMBoard score uses a separate aggregation across eligible benchmark evidence.
It measures performance on answering questions about information in full-text NLP research papers, including reasoning across document sections and providing supporting evidence, using Score reported as a ratio.
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
2 model results are currently shown.
No. This benchmark is shown for reference but does not contribute to the overall score.
Ranking basisThis qasper AI model leaderboard uses descending score in the benchmark original unit. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.
Selection summary
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct currently leads Qasper with 41.90%. 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.