Math Problem Solving

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12.5K competition math problems — AMC/AIME/Olympiad level, 7 subjects, standard math benchmark.

Unique: This benchmark uniquely combines a large dataset of challenging competition problems with a robust evaluation framework for language models.

vs others: Unlike other benchmarks, MATH offers a comprehensive set of competition-level problems specifically designed for rigorous evaluation of mathematical reasoning in AI models.

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All-in-one AI assistant extension with GPT-4 and Claude.

Unique: Provides step-by-step math solutions with equation rendering directly in browser sidebar, supporting both text and image input without requiring separate math solver tools

vs others: More educational than Wolfram Alpha because it emphasizes step-by-step working and explanations rather than just final answers, though less comprehensive for symbolic computation

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Mistral's 124B multimodal model with vision capabilities.

Unique: Achieves 69.4% on MathVista benchmark (outperforming all tested models) through integrated visual parsing and mathematical reasoning in a single 124B model, without requiring separate symbolic math engines or specialized mathematical libraries

vs others: Outperforms GPT-4o, Gemini-1.5 Pro, and Claude-3.5 Sonnet on MathVista while being available for self-hosted deployment, eliminating API dependency for educational or research mathematical analysis

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12.5K competition math problems across 7 subjects and 5 difficulty levels.

Unique: Curated from actual mathematics competitions (AMC/AIME) rather than synthetic or textbook problems, ensuring problems require genuine multi-step reasoning and cannot be solved by pattern matching alone. Includes difficulty stratification (1-5) and subject taxonomy across 7 mathematical domains, enabling fine-grained capability analysis. Verified solutions provided by domain experts, not generated by models.

vs others: More rigorous than general math benchmarks (e.g., SVAMP, MathQA) because it uses authentic competition problems with higher reasoning complexity; more comprehensive than single-domain datasets because it spans 7 mathematical subjects with 12,500 problems; more reliable than synthetic benchmarks because problems are human-authored and competition-tested.

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Cost-efficient reasoning model with configurable effort levels.

Unique: Implements specialized mathematical reasoning patterns with step-by-step derivation generation, achieving competition-level math performance through domain-specific training rather than general reasoning

vs others: Matches o3 on mathematical benchmarks at lower cost; outperforms standard LLMs (GPT-4, Claude) on competition-level problems due to reasoning-grade capabilities

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text-generation model by undefined. 38,71,385 downloads.

Unique: Trained via RL to optimize for mathematical correctness with explicit intermediate step generation; learns to recognize and correct errors during reasoning rather than committing to incorrect paths

vs others: Outperforms GPT-4 on MATH and AIME benchmarks (94.3% vs 80%+ on AIME) through learned reasoning allocation; provides more transparent reasoning than Gemini while maintaining higher accuracy

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Talk to Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic.

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Gemini 2.5 Pro is Google’s state-of-the-art AI model designed for advanced reasoning, coding, mathematics, and scientific tasks. It employs “thinking” capabilities, enabling it to reason through responses with enhanced accuracy...

Unique: Leverages extended internal reasoning to explore multiple mathematical approaches and verify symbolic manipulations before responding, providing higher confidence in mathematical correctness than models without reasoning capabilities.

vs others: Exceeds GPT-4 and Claude on complex mathematics by using internal reasoning to validate symbolic steps, reducing hallucinated solutions and improving explanation quality for educational use cases.

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Olmo 3 32B Think is a large-scale, 32-billion-parameter model purpose-built for deep reasoning, complex logic chains and advanced instruction-following scenarios. Its capacity enables strong performance on demanding evaluation tasks and...

Unique: Olmo 3 32B Think uses its reasoning phase to validate mathematical solutions internally, enabling it to catch calculation errors and backtrack on failed solution paths. This is distinct from models that generate solutions in a single pass without validation, which are more prone to arithmetic errors.

vs others: More accurate on complex math problems than GPT-3.5 Turbo; comparable to GPT-4 on standardized math benchmarks while offering lower latency and cost

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Hermes 4 70B is a hybrid reasoning model from Nous Research, built on Meta-Llama-3.1-70B. It introduces the same hybrid mode as the larger 405B release, allowing the model to either...

Unique: Trained on mathematical problem datasets with explicit step-by-step annotations, enabling the model to generate intermediate steps that match human problem-solving patterns rather than jumping directly to answers

vs others: More transparent than Wolfram Alpha for showing reasoning steps, though less reliable for advanced mathematics; stronger than GPT-3.5 on symbolic manipulation due to larger parameter count

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DeepSeek-V3.1 is a large hybrid reasoning model (671B parameters, 37B active) that supports both thinking and non-thinking modes via prompt templates. It extends the DeepSeek-V3 base with a two-phase long-context...

Unique: Implements explicit reasoning phase specifically optimized for mathematical decomposition, allowing the model to verify intermediate steps before producing final answers, rather than generating answers directly.

vs others: More reliable for complex math than GPT-4 due to explicit verification phase, and more transparent than o1 (which hides reasoning) by allowing users to request step-by-step explanations.

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The o-series of models are trained with reinforcement learning to think before they answer and perform complex reasoning. The o3-pro model uses more compute to think harder and provide consistently...

Unique: Applies extended reasoning to mathematical problem-solving, enabling explicit step-by-step verification and error-checking within the reasoning phase. Unlike standard LLMs that may skip steps or make calculation errors, o3-pro's reasoning allows it to catch and correct mistakes before output.

vs others: Achieves 90%+ accuracy on AIME and MATH benchmarks compared to 50-70% for GPT-4, due to reasoning-enabled verification and multi-path exploration.

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DeepSeek R1 is here: Performance on par with [OpenAI o1](/openai/o1), but open-sourced and with fully open reasoning tokens. It's 671B parameters in size, with 37B active in an inference pass....

Unique: Achieves o1-level mathematical reasoning performance with fully transparent step-by-step verification, enabling educators and students to validate each calculation. The 671B parameter model with sparse activation maintains reasoning coherence across multi-step proofs while keeping inference costs lower than dense alternatives.

vs others: Superior to GPT-4 on complex math problems due to explicit reasoning, and more transparent than o1 which hides intermediate steps, making it ideal for educational and verification use cases.

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Qwen2.5 7B is the latest series of Qwen large language models. Qwen2.5 brings the following improvements upon Qwen2: - Significantly more knowledge and has greatly improved capabilities in coding and...

Unique: Qwen2.5 7B incorporates enhanced mathematical reasoning capabilities over Qwen2 through specialized training on mathematical problem datasets and improved chain-of-thought patterns for multi-step calculations

vs others: Provides reasonable mathematical problem-solving at 7B scale where most competitors require 13B+ parameters, enabling cost-effective deployment for math-focused applications

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Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 is a 30B parameter Mixture-of-Experts reasoning model optimized for complex tasks requiring extended multi-step thinking. The model is designed specifically for “thinking mode,” where internal reasoning traces are separated...

Unique: Allocates specialized mathematical reasoning experts through MoE routing, enabling step-by-step proof generation with explicit symbolic and logical reasoning rather than pattern-matching mathematical solutions

vs others: Provides verifiable step-by-step mathematical reasoning unlike standard LLMs, though with higher latency and no formal correctness guarantees

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Trinity Large Thinking is a powerful open source reasoning model from the team at Arcee AI. It shows strong performance in PinchBench, agentic workloads, and reasoning tasks. Launch video: https://youtu.be/Gc82AXLa0Rg?si=4RLn6WBz33qT--B7

Unique: Applies extended reasoning specifically to mathematical problem-solving, allowing the model to explore multiple solution paths, validate intermediate steps, and provide confidence assessments. Unlike standard LLMs that may hallucinate mathematical steps, Trinity's reasoning budget enables verification and backtracking.

vs others: Provides more detailed reasoning than standard LLMs while remaining more accessible than specialized math engines; ideal for educational contexts where understanding the process matters as much as the answer.

A large language model for science. Can summarize academic literature, solve math problems, generate Wiki articles, write scientific code, annotate molecules and proteins, and more. [Model API](https://github.com/paperswithcode/galai).

Unique: Combines natural language understanding with mathematical reasoning, enabling it to interpret and solve problems in a conversational manner.

vs others: More interactive and user-friendly for math problem solving compared to traditional calculators or static tools.

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