# LLM Steering on AxBench

Source: [LLM Steering on AxBench](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/llm-steering-on-axbench>)

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

Data updated: 2026-05-29T10:53:48.869Z

Evaluation of LLM Steering capabilities using the AxBench dataset, reporting the steering score.

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 | LLM Steering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | AxBench |
| Metric | Steering Score |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 18 of 18 |
| 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

- [Steering Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/llm-steering-on-axbench.md?metric=Steering%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Steering Score | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UNISTEER | 0.74 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| UNISTEER | 0.68 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| LoReFT | 0.6 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| LoReFT | 0.56 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| LoReFT | 0.42 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| UNISTEER | 0.36 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| CAA | 0.14 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| CAA | 0.11 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| RepE | 0.11 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| ODESteer | 0.1 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| RepE | 0.08 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| ODESteer | 0.08 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| ODESteer | 0.08 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| RepE | 0.05 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| CAA | 0.04 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| Original | 0 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| Original | 0 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |
| Original | 0 | Not recorded | 6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4 |

### UNISTEER

Steering Score: 0.74. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c93.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### UNISTEER

Steering Score: 0.68. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c99.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LoReFT

Steering Score: 0.6. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c97.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73421e209131cea5b52a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LoReFT

Steering Score: 0.56. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c91.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73421e209131cea5b52a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LoReFT

Steering Score: 0.42. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c8b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73421e209131cea5b52a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Llama-3.2-1B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### UNISTEER

Steering Score: 0.36. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c8d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Llama-3.2-1B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CAA

Steering Score: 0.14. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c8f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74051e209131cea5f4ad.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CAA

Steering Score: 0.11. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c95.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74051e209131cea5f4ad.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RepE

Steering Score: 0.11. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c96.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77381e209131cea71c09.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/github.com/andyzoujm/representation-engineering>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ODESteer

Steering Score: 0.1. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c92.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6997eabd09c33900fcd7679b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RepE

Steering Score: 0.08. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c8a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77381e209131cea71c09.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/github.com/andyzoujm/representation-engineering>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Llama-3.2-1B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ODESteer

Steering Score: 0.08. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c8c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6997eabd09c33900fcd7679b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Llama-3.2-1B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ODESteer

Steering Score: 0.08. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c98.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6997eabd09c33900fcd7679b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RepE

Steering Score: 0.05. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c90.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa77381e209131cea71c09.md>)

[Implementation](<https://www.sota2.com/github.com/andyzoujm/representation-engineering>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CAA

Steering Score: 0.04. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c89.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74051e209131cea5f4ad.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Llama-3.2-1B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Original

Steering Score: 0. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c88.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Llama-3.2-1B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Original

Steering Score: 0. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c8e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Original

Steering Score: 0. Result ID: 6a196fdcfbc373592c148c94.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a191de3dbd7150506f82bf4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target LLM":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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