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Zerank 1

Flagship 4B parameter cross-encoder with multi-stage training pipeline modeling relevance as ELO ratings. Strong performance across specialized domains: Finance, Legal, Code, STEM, and Medical. If you want to compare the best rerankers for your data, try Agentset.

Leaderboard Rank
#3
of 12
ELO Rating
1573
#3
Win Rate
57.2%
#3
Accuracy (nDCG@10)
0.082
#9
Latency
266ms
#3

Model Information

Provider
ZeroEntropy
License
cc-by-nc-4.0
Price per 1M tokens
$0.025
Release Date
2025-07-10
Model Name
zerank-1
Total Evaluations
3300

Performance Record

Wins1887 (57.2%)
Losses1262 (38.2%)
Ties151 (4.6%)
Wins
Losses
Ties

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Performance Overview

ELO ratings by dataset

Zerank 1's ELO performance varies across different benchmark datasets, showing its strengths in specific domains.

Zerank 1 - ELO by Dataset

Detailed Metrics

Dataset breakdown

Performance metrics across different benchmark datasets, including accuracy and latency percentiles.

arguana

ELO 168958.6% WR322W-214L-14T

Accuracy Metrics

nDCG@5
0.308
nDCG@10
0.369
Recall@5
0.580
Recall@10
0.760

Latency Distribution

Mean
287ms
P50 (Median)
275ms
P90
332ms

PG

ELO 165356.7% WR312W-236L-2T

Accuracy Metrics

nDCG@5
0.000
nDCG@10
0.000
Recall@5
0.000
Recall@10
0.000

Latency Distribution

Mean
293ms
P50 (Median)
279ms
P90
348ms

FiQa

ELO 160460.7% WR334W-197L-19T

Accuracy Metrics

nDCG@5
0.115
nDCG@10
0.121
Recall@5
0.105
Recall@10
0.125

Latency Distribution

Mean
259ms
P50 (Median)
258ms
P90
276ms

business reports

ELO 154657.6% WR317W-221L-12T

Accuracy Metrics

nDCG@5
0.000
nDCG@10
0.000
Recall@5
0.000
Recall@10
0.000

Latency Distribution

Mean
289ms
P50 (Median)
272ms
P90
363ms

DBPedia

ELO 147760.4% WR332W-164L-54T

Accuracy Metrics

nDCG@5
0.000
nDCG@10
0.000
Recall@5
0.000
Recall@10
0.000

Latency Distribution

Mean
238ms
P50 (Median)
233ms
P90
257ms

MSMARCO

ELO 147049.1% WR270W-230L-50T

Accuracy Metrics

nDCG@5
0.000
nDCG@10
0.000
Recall@5
0.000
Recall@10
0.000

Latency Distribution

Mean
232ms
P50 (Median)
226ms
P90
245ms

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