Evaluating Large Language Models on Quantum Mechanics: A Comparative Study Across Diverse Models and Tasks
Quantum Science and Technology Laboratory, Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India(量子科学与技术实验室,物理研究实验室,Ahmedabad);Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar 382055, India(印度理工学院冈达塞瓦尔)
We present a systematic evaluation of large language models on quantum mechanics problem-solving. Our study evaluates 15 models from five providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Alibaba, DeepSeek) spanning three capability tiers on 20 tasks covering derivations, creative problems, non-standard concepts, and numerical computation, comprising 900 baseline and 75 tool-augmented assessments. Results reveal clear tier stratification: flagship models achieve 81\% average accuracy, outperforming mid-tier (77\%) and fast models (67\%) by 4pp and 14pp respectively. Task difficulty patterns emerge distinctly: derivations show highest performance (92\% average, 100\% for flagship models), while numerical computation remains most challenging (42\%). Tool augmentation on numerical tasks yields task-dependent effects: modest overall improvement (+4.4pp) at 3x token cost masks dramatic heterogeneity ranging from +29pp gains to -16pp degradation. Reproducibility analysis across three runs quantifies 6.3pp average variance, with flagship models demonstrating exceptional stability (GPT-5 achieves zero variance) while specialized models require multi-run evaluation. This work contributes: (i) a benchmark for quantum mechanics with automatic verification, (ii) systematic evaluation quantifying tier-based performance hierarchies, (iii) empirical analysis of tool augmentation trade-offs, and (iv) reproducibility characterization. All tasks, verifiers, and results are publicly released.
A Comparative Study of Student Perspectives on Technical Writing Feedback Quality: Evaluating LLMs, SLMs, and Humans in Computer Science Topics
McMaster University(麦斯特大学);Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto(多伦多大学计算机科学系);Research Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, University of Toronto Mississauga(多伦多大学密西根分校大学教学研究学院);Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga(多伦多大学密西根分校数学与计算科学系)
Evaluating Large Language Models on the Spanish Medical Intern Resident (MIR) Examination 2024/2025:A Comparative Analysis of Clinical Reasoning and Knowledge Application
The System Hallucination Scale (SHS): A Human-Centered Instrument for Assessing Perceived Reliability of Large Language Models
Machine Learning and Information Science Group, Medical University of Graz(格拉茨医科大学机器学习与信息科学组);Human Machine Mind Cooperation, Graz, Austria(格拉茨人类机智合作中心);MIDATA Cooperative, Zurich, Switzerland(苏黎世MIDATA合作组织);Human-Centered AI Lab, BOKU University Vienna(维也纳BOKU大学人本AI实验室)
Evaluating the Efficacy of AI Techniques in Textual Anonymization: A Comparative Study
University of Western Macedonia(西马其顿大学);MetaMind Innovations P.C.(MetaMind创新私人有限公司);Kingston University(金斯顿大学);Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学);University of Macedonia(马其顿大学);Sidroco Holdings Ltd.(西德科控股有限公司)
Evaluating Named Entity Recognition: A comparative analysis of mono- and multilingual transformer models on a novel Brazilian corporate earnings call transcripts dataset
Instituto Federal de São Paulo - IFSP(圣保罗联邦教育、科学和技术研究所(IFSP));Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp(坎皮纳斯州立大学(Unicamp))
Semantic relatedness in DBpedia: A comparative and experimental assessment
Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica “Antonio Ruberti”(“安东尼奥·鲁贝蒂”系统分析与计算机科学研究所);Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IASI-CNR)(意大利国家研究委员会(IASI-CNR))