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Belebele leaderboard

As of November 14, 2026, among the results listed here, SmolLM3-3B-Base has the highest reported Belebele score, 40.2 (Base Pre-Trained Model; Arabic), published by HuggingFaceTB. 1 model has a Belebele result in our records.

Scores as the model makers published them, not re-run by us; each row links to its announcement.

Best reported score

40.2

H SmolLM3-3B-Base

Reported by HuggingFaceTB · Base Pre-Trained Model; Arabic

1 model ranked · 1 maker

Reported Belebele scores

Belebele scores reported by model makers
Rank Model Score Setting Reported by Date
1 H SmolLM3-3B-Base 40.2 Base Pre-Trained Model; Arabic HuggingFaceTB Publication date not reported

Other reported runs

Belebele scores reported by model makers, other reported runs
Model Score Setting Reported by Date
H SmolLM3-3B-Base 43.8 Base Pre-Trained Model; Chinese HuggingFaceTB Publication date not reported
H SmolLM3-3B-Base 51 Base Pre-Trained Model; French HuggingFaceTB Publication date not reported
H SmolLM3-3B-Base 48.4 Base Pre-Trained Model; German HuggingFaceTB Publication date not reported
H SmolLM3-3B-Base 47.4 Base Pre-Trained Model; Russian HuggingFaceTB Publication date not reported
H SmolLM3-3B-Base 47 Base Pre-Trained Model; Spanish HuggingFaceTB Publication date not reported

How much to trust these numbers

Source
Reported by the model makers themselves. Not re-run by LLMBenchmark or anyone independent.
Settings
All ranked results use the same reported setting.

What Belebele measures

Belebele appears in the release announcements of HuggingFaceTB. We have not found a public write-up of the benchmark itself yet.