# Language Modeling on FineWeb 10B (1K sequence length, val)

Source: [Language Modeling on FineWeb 10B (1K sequence length, val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/language-modeling-on-fineweb-10b-1k-sequence-length-val>)

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

Data updated: 2026-06-02T09:56:30.120Z

Evaluation of language model performance on the FineWeb 10 Billion token dataset, specifically restricted to sequences of 1,000 tokens, measured by Validation Loss.

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 | Language Modeling |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | FineWeb 10B 1K sequence length |
| Metric | Validation Loss |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 16 of 16 |
| 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

- [Validation Loss](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/language-modeling-on-fineweb-10b-1k-sequence-length-val.md?metric=Validation%20Loss>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Validation Loss | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SSMax | 3.1705 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| LSSAR | 3.1782 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Sigmoid (b = − log N, l1-norm) | 3.1841 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Sigmoid (b = − log N, l1-norm) | 3.1849 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Softmax | 3.1879 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| LSSA | 3.1905 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| LSSAR | 3.1905 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Softmax | 3.1911 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Sigmoid (b = − log N) | 3.193 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Sigmoid | 3.1935 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Sigmoid (Tab. A.6) | 3.2 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| ReLU (Li et al., 2022) | 3.2006 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| ReLU (Wortsman et al., 2023) | 3.2143 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| ReLU (Shen et al., 2023) | 3.2155 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Sigmoid (b = − log N, l1-norm) | 3.2171 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |
| Softmax | 5.3878 | Not recorded | 68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15 |

### SSMax

Validation Loss: 3.1705. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194461.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76c51e209131cea6ee80.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LSSAR

Validation Loss: 3.1782. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c19446c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"p = 3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Sigmoid (b = − log N, l1-norm)

Validation Loss: 3.1841. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c19446b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76a71e209131cea6e31b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"p = 3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Sigmoid (b = − log N, l1-norm)

Validation Loss: 3.1849. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194464.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76a71e209131cea6e31b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Softmax

Validation Loss: 3.1879. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c19446a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"p = 3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LSSA

Validation Loss: 3.1905. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194469.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LSSAR

Validation Loss: 3.1905. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c19446f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"p = 15"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Softmax

Validation Loss: 3.1911. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194460.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Sigmoid (b = − log N)

Validation Loss: 3.193. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194463.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76a71e209131cea6e31b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Sigmoid

Validation Loss: 3.1935. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194462.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76a71e209131cea6e31b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Sigmoid (Tab. A.6)

Validation Loss: 3.2. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194465.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ReLU (Li et al., 2022)

Validation Loss: 3.2006. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194467.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d171e209131cea379ab.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ReLU (Wortsman et al., 2023)

Validation Loss: 3.2143. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194466.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70ed1e209131cea4e112.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ReLU (Shen et al., 2023)

Validation Loss: 3.2155. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c194468.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e921e209131cea40c2c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"none"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Sigmoid (b = − log N, l1-norm)

Validation Loss: 3.2171. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c19446e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76a71e209131cea6e31b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"p = 15"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Softmax

Validation Loss: 5.3878. Result ID: 6a1ea84afbc373592c19446d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a8b1e209131cea83d15.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Re-weighting":"p = 15"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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