Long Context Benchmark

MRCR v2 128K (8-needle)

MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) - Multi-Ring Curve Retrieval benchmark v2, 128K context, 8-needle setting.

Category

Long Context

Score type

percent

Scale

100%

higher is better

Models tested

6

What is MRCR v2 128K (8-needle)?

MRCR v2 (Multi-Round Co-reference Resolution) tests memory inside long conversations: several similar hidden facts ('needles', here eight) are buried in tens of thousands of tokens of chat history and the model must return the right one, including its context. The context length is part of the benchmark name (128K / 256K).

What does it test?

MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) measures reading and reasoning over very long inputs. In detail, it checks:

  • distinguishing several very similar hidden facts
  • reconstructing exact context of a conversation snippet
  • faithful attention across 128K-256K tokens
  • reliability when distractors deliberately look alike

How to read the score

The score is accuracy: the percentage of tasks answered or solved correctly. 100% means every task was solved perfectly; higher is better.

Frequently asked questions

What is the MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) benchmark?

MRCR v2 (Multi-Round Co-reference Resolution) tests memory inside long conversations: several similar hidden facts ('needles', here eight) are buried in tens of thousands of tokens of chat history and the model must return the right one, including its context. The context length is part of the benchmark name (128K / 256K).

What does MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) test?

MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) mainly measures reading and reasoning over very long inputs. Concretely, it checks: distinguishing several very similar hidden facts; reconstructing exact context of a conversation snippet; faithful attention across 128K-256K tokens.

How is the MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) score calculated?

The score is accuracy: the percentage of tasks answered or solved correctly. 100% means every task was solved perfectly; higher is better. The declared maximum score of this benchmark is 100.0.

Where do I get MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) data and scores?

The official benchmark page/reference is linked on this page. Every score on Open LLM Radar is also available as open data: download the scores JSON (http://open-llm-radar-api:8000/api/v1/benchmarks/mrcr-v2-128k-8-needle/scores) or pull it directly from the Open LLM Radar API with any HTTP client.

Model scores 6 models tested

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# Model Score Date Source Verified
1 Gemma4-31B-it
Google
66.4%
02.07.2026 Report Verified
2 Gemma4-26B-A4B
Google
44.1%
02.07.2026 Report Verified
3 Gemma4-12B
Google
43.4%
02.07.2026 Report Verified
4 Gemma4-E4B
Google
25.4%
02.07.2026 Report Verified
5 Gemma4-E2B
Google
19.1%
02.07.2026 Report Verified
6 Gemma3-27B
Google
13.5%
02.07.2026 Report Unverified

What now?

You've seen how models score on MRCR v2 128K (8-needle) — here's what to do next.