ML engineering

MLE-Bench

Can the AI do the work of a machine-learning engineer? It competes in real Kaggle competitions — building, training, and tuning models end to end — and the score reflects how well it places. Higher is better.

Rankings

Higher is better

MLE-Bench — frequently asked questions

What is MLE-Bench?
Can the AI do the work of a machine-learning engineer? It competes in real Kaggle competitions — building, training, and tuning models end to end — and the score reflects how well it places. Higher is better.
Which AI model scores highest on MLE-Bench?
Gemini 3.6 Flash by Google holds the best MLE-Bench result among tracked models, at 63.9% (released Jul 21 2026). Higher scores are better on this benchmark.
What are the top 3 models on MLE-Bench?
1. Gemini 3.6 Flash (Google) — 63.9%; 2. Gemini 3.5 Flash (Google) — 49.7%; 3. Gemini 3.1 Pro (Google) — 42.6%.
How many models have a published MLE-Bench score?
3 tracked models have a published MLE-Bench score. Scores are the figures reported by each lab at that model's release, so this page is a record of results over time rather than a re-run leaderboard.
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