# Information Retrieval on Natural Questions BEIR

Source: [Information Retrieval on Natural Questions BEIR](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/information-retrieval-on-natural-questions-beir>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-03-20T09:45:08.601Z

Evaluation of model performance on the Natural Questions BEIR dataset for Information Retrieval tasks, measured using NDCG@10.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Information Retrieval |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | Natural Questions BEIR |
| Metric | NDCG@10 |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 17 of 17 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [NDCG@10](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/information-retrieval-on-natural-questions-beir.md?metric=NDCG%4010>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | NDCG@10 | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| bge-en-icl | 73.9 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| LENS-d4K | 73.1 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| inf-v1 | 69.7 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| Qwen3-8B | 65.3 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| MILCO | 64.9 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| inf-v1-1.5b | 64.2 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| e5-large | 64 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| Qwen3-4B | 63.1 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| Splade-V3 | 58.6 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| opensearch-gte | 58.2 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| e5-large-inst | 57.8 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| bge-lg-v1.5 | 55 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| gte-large | 54.8 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| Qwen3-0.6B | 53.5 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| bge-large | 53.2 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| gte-base-v1.5 | 53 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |
| gte-base | 52.8 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0 |

### bge-en-icl

NDCG@10: 73.9. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74e51e209131cea6483e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LENS-d4K

NDCG@10: 73.1. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### inf-v1

NDCG@10: 69.7. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen3-8B

NDCG@10: 65.3. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794df.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79601e209131cea7d516.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MILCO

NDCG@10: 64.9. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794ef.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### inf-v1-1.5b

NDCG@10: 64.2. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### e5-large

NDCG@10: 64. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794ea.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72251e209131cea54c85.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen3-4B

NDCG@10: 63.1. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79601e209131cea7d516.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Splade-V3

NDCG@10: 58.6. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794ee.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72751e209131cea567ad.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/naver/splade>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### opensearch-gte

NDCG@10: 58.2. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794ed.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### e5-large-inst

NDCG@10: 57.8. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72251e209131cea54c85.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### bge-lg-v1.5

NDCG@10: 55. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794eb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### gte-large

NDCG@10: 54.8. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73611e209131cea5c103.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\>=1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen3-0.6B

NDCG@10: 53.5. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794ec.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79601e209131cea7d516.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### bge-large

NDCG@10: 53.2. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### gte-base-v1.5

NDCG@10: 53. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### gte-base

NDCG@10: 52.8. Result ID: 69bd171147f34ce924a794e7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc41e209131cea8a4c0.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73611e209131cea5c103.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model Size Category":"\<1B parameters"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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