math benchmark
GSM-8K (CoT)
Grade School Math 8K with Chain-of-Thought prompting, featuring 8.5K high-quality linguistically diverse grade school math word problems requiring multi-step reasoning and elementary arithmetic operations.
Updated Aug 7, 2026
Published models2
Registry coverage2
MetricScore
EvidenceB
GSM-8K (CoT) leaderboard
Sorted by the source-provided rank. Higher score is better according to the registry.
| 1 | ME | 95.1% | 100.0% | 2 | C | |
| 2 | ME | 84.5% | 0.0% | 2 | C |
Score distribution
Top published rows on the benchmark's original scale.
GSM-8K (CoT) highlights
The top published results on this benchmark's own scale.
What is GSM-8K (CoT)?
Definition and scoring fields from the benchmark registry.
Grade School Math 8K with Chain-of-Thought prompting, featuring 8.5K high-quality linguistically diverse grade school math word problems requiring multi-step reasoning and elementary arithmetic operations.
Scores are shown in ratio. The current registry marks this benchmark as not independently verified with evidence level B.
- Family
- GSM-8K (CoT)
- Modality
- text
- Primary category
- math
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- No
- Evaluation key
- gsm-8k-(cot)|llm-stats-current
Source-native results are preserved. Eligibility for the overall LLMBoard score is a separate policy decision.
FAQ
Common questions about GSM-8K (CoT).
Which model scores highest on GSM-8K (CoT)?
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is currently ranked first with 95.1%.
What does GSM-8K (CoT) measure?
Grade School Math 8K with Chain-of-Thought prompting, featuring 8.5K high-quality linguistically diverse grade school math word problems requiring multi-step reasoning and elementary arithmetic operations.
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
2 unique published model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
This benchmark is preserved as source-native evidence but is not eligible for the current overall score.