MKQA-11 multilingual retrieval (MKQA-11)
We show this table for reference; we do not rank on it.
A display-only multilingual QA retrieval benchmark reported by Liquid AI for LFM2.5 retriever models, using Recall@20 across 11 languages.
Benchmark score on MKQA-11 — September 27, 2026
We compile the MKQA-11 rows from provider self-reports. LFM2.5-ColBERT-350M leads the table at 69.4%, followed by LFM2.5-Embedding-350M (69.1%). We do not use these results to rank models overall.
LFM2.5-ColBERT-350M
LiquidAI
LFM2.5-Embedding-350M
LiquidAI
2 modelsMultilingualCurrentDisplay onlyUpdated September 27, 2026
Benchmark score table (2 models)
ScoreAbout MKQA-11
Year
2026
Tasks
Cross-lingual open-domain QA retrieval
Format
Recall@20 average
Difficulty
Multilingual retrieval
Liquid reports MKQA-11 average Recall@20 across Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Swedish. BenchLM stores the average as a display-only retrieval signal.
Freshness and provenance
Version
MKQA-11 2026
Refresh cadence
Quarterly
Staleness state
Current
Question availability
Public benchmark set
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.
Questions
What does MKQA-11 measure?
A display-only multilingual QA retrieval benchmark reported by Liquid AI for LFM2.5 retriever models, using Recall@20 across 11 languages.
Which model scores highest on MKQA-11?
LFM2.5-ColBERT-350M by LiquidAI currently leads with a score of 69.4% on MKQA-11.
How many models are evaluated on MKQA-11?
2 AI models have been evaluated on MKQA-11 on BenchLM.
Compare top models on MKQA-11
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