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C-Eval

A Chinese-language academic and professional benchmark spanning humanities, social science, STEM, and applied subjects.

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Benchmark score on C-Eval — July 23, 2026

BenchLM mirrors the published score view for C-Eval. Qwen3.6 Plus leads the public snapshot at 93.3% , followed by DeepSeek V4 Pro Base (93.1%) and Qwen3.5 397B (93%). BenchLM does not use these results to rank models overall.

7 modelsKnowledgeStaleDisplay onlyUpdated July 23, 2026

Benchmark score table (7 models)

Score
1
Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba · Closed
93.3%
2
DeepSeek V4 Pro BaseDeepSeek · Open weight
93.1%
3
Qwen3.5 397BAlibaba · Open weight
93%
4
Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic · Closed
92.2%
5
DeepSeek V4 Flash BaseDeepSeek · Open weight
92.1%
6
Qwen3.6-27BAlibaba · Open weight
91.4%
7
Qwen3.6-35B-A3BAlibaba · Open weight
90%

The published C-Eval snapshot places Qwen3.6 Plus first at 93.3%. The third row is 0.3 points behind. The broader top-10 range is 3.3 points, so many of the published results sit in a relatively narrow band.

7 models have been evaluated on C-Eval. The benchmark falls in the Knowledge category. This category carries a 12% weight in BenchLM.ai's overall scoring system. C-Eval is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.

About C-Eval

Year

2023

Tasks

Chinese academic and professional exams

Format

Multiple choice questions

Difficulty

High school to professional level

C-Eval is one of the clearest public signals for non-English academic knowledge performance. It tests whether a model can sustain strong factual recall and reasoning under Chinese-language exam conditions across many domains.

BenchLM freshness & provenance

Version

C-Eval 2023

Refresh cadence

Static

Staleness state

Stale

Question availability

Public benchmark set

StaleDisplay only

BenchLM uses freshness metadata to decide whether a benchmark should still be treated as a strong differentiator, a benchmark to watch, or a display-only reference. For the full scoring policy, see the BenchLM methodology page.

FAQ

What does C-Eval measure?

A Chinese-language academic and professional benchmark spanning humanities, social science, STEM, and applied subjects.

Which model scores highest on C-Eval?

Qwen3.6 Plus by Alibaba currently leads with a score of 93.3% on C-Eval.

How many models are evaluated on C-Eval?

7 AI models have been evaluated on C-Eval on BenchLM.

Last updated: July 23, 2026 · BenchLM version C-Eval 2023

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