Open SLM Leaderboard

A leaderboard for sub-150M parameter language models, evaluated using LM-eval harness or a custom benchmark script available here Arithmark-2.0.

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Notable New Releases

Short notes on new models and leaderboard shifts.

12/07/2026 change
Leaderboard Math Changes

After the recent influx of arithmetic specialist models, we have decided to change the way we evaluate math performance on the leaderboard, more details to come.

Leaderboard Change · Math
19/06/2026 new
Axiomic Labs GPT-S2 takes <10M #1 spot

Built on Axiomic Labs' T-X4 refresh-gated XSA stack, GPT-S2-5M pushes into the sub-10M bracket and lands at the top, dethroning SLM-10M.

Axiomic Labs · 5.4M params

Leaderboard

Zero-shot evaluation. Higher is better for all columns. Click any header to sort.

Model size
Compare # Model Params Avg Fit Std Devs HellaSwag ARC-Easy ARC-Challenge PIQA ArithMark-2

Compare

Models you add from the leaderboard line up side by side here. None selected

Up to 6 models at a time

Scores

Top scores for the active size and benchmark filters.

Benchmark

Top Avg Scores

Efficiency

Score vs parameter count (log scale). Shaded zone = above regression line.

Avg Score vs Log Parameters

Org Leaderboard

Average standard deviations above or below the score-vs-size fit line.

# Organization Models Fit Std Devs Mean Avg Best Model vs Fit

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