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VIDRAFT's Darwin-180B-RSI leads open-model benchmarks

VIDRAFT's Darwin-180B-RSI, an open-weight language model with 180 billion parameters, has achieved the top position on both the MMLU-Pro and GPQA Diamond leaderboards, according to independent benchmarks tracked by AIhoster. The model demonstrated strong performance, scoring 88.1% on MMLU-Pro and 94.4% on GPQA Diamond. This achievement is notable as Darwin-180B-RSI outperformed models with significantly larger parameter counts, suggesting high parameter efficiency. VIDRAFT also has other Darwin-family models appearing on the GPQA Diamond rankings, indicating an active development pipeline. AI

IMPACT Sets a new standard for parameter efficiency in open-weight models, potentially influencing future development and adoption.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on a new benchmark result for an open-weight language model, detailing its performance on specific evaluations. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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VIDRAFT's Darwin-180B-RSI leads open-model benchmarks

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · AI OpenFree ·

    Darwin-180B-RSI Tops MMLU-Pro and GPQA Diamond on AIhoster's Independent Open-Model Benchmark Board

    <h1> Darwin-180B-RSI Tops MMLU-Pro and GPQA Diamond on AIhoster's Independent Open-Model Benchmark Board </h1> <blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> VIDRAFT's Darwin-180B-RSI, a 180-billion-parameter open model, has claimed the #1 position on both the MMLU-Pro and GPQA Diamond …