# C-Eval

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

Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/benchmarks/ceval

- Category: [Knowledge](/knowledge)
- Last updated: September 15, 2026

## About C-Eval

- Year: 2023
- Tasks: Chinese academic and professional exams
- Format: Multiple choice questions
- Difficulty: High school to professional level
- Paper: [C-Eval: A Multi-Level Multi-Discipline Chinese Evaluation Suite for Foundation Models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08322)

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.

C-Eval is currently displayed on BenchLM for reference, but it is excluded from the weighted scoring formula.

## Leaderboard (6 models)

| Rank | Model | Creator | Score |
|------|-------|---------|-------|
| 1 | [Qwen3.6 Plus](/models/qwen3-6-plus) | Alibaba | 93.3% |
| 2 | [Qwen3.5 397B](/models/qwen3-5-397b) | Alibaba | 93% |
| 3 | [Claude Opus 4.5](/models/claude-opus-4-5) | Anthropic | 92.2% |
| 4 | [Qwen3.6-27B](/models/qwen3-6-27b) | Alibaba | 91.4% |
| 5 | [Qwen3.6-35B-A3B](/models/qwen3-6-35b-a3b) | Alibaba | 90% |
| 6 | [LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse](/models/longcat-flash-lite-sparse) | Meituan | 85.8% |

## 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?

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

### Does C-Eval affect BenchLM's overall score?

Not directly. C-Eval is still displayed on BenchLM for reference, but it is excluded from the weighted scoring formula.

## Compare Top Models on C-Eval

- [Qwen3.6 Plus vs Qwen3.5 397B](/compare/qwen3-5-397b-vs-qwen3-6-plus)
- [Qwen3.5 397B vs Claude Opus 4.5](/compare/claude-opus-4-5-vs-qwen3-5-397b)
- [Claude Opus 4.5 vs Qwen3.6-27B](/compare/claude-opus-4-5-vs-qwen3-6-27b)
- [Qwen3.6-27B vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B](/compare/qwen3-6-27b-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b)