# Question Answering on SQuAD 2.0 (Performance, Token Cost, Time Cost)

Source: [Question Answering on SQuAD 2.0 (Performance, Token Cost, Time Cost)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-squad-2-0-performance-token-cost-time-cost>)

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

Data updated: 2026-05-19T09:44:29.649Z

Evaluation of Question Answering performance on the SQuAD 2.0 dataset, reporting standard performance alongside operational metrics like token cost and inference time.

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 | Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | SQuAD 2.0 |
| Metric | Performance (F1/EM) |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 11 of 11 |
| 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

- [Performance (F1/EM)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-squad-2-0-performance-token-cost-time-cost.md?metric=Performance%20(F1%2FEM)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Token Cost](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-squad-2-0-performance-token-cost-time-cost.md?metric=Token%20Cost>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Time Cost (s)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-squad-2-0-performance-token-cost-time-cost.md?metric=Time%20Cost%20(s)>): Lower is better; unit: TIME.

- [Pass Rate (%)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-squad-2-0-performance-token-cost-time-cost.md?metric=Pass%20Rate%20(%25)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Performance (F1/EM) | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LLM w/o cascade | 86.5 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Initial | 84 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Single-target attack | 70 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Random noise | 68.5 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Joint-target attack | 66 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Joint-target attack | 57.5 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Single-target attack | 53.5 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Joint-target attack | 49.5 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Joint-target attack | 41 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Joint-target attack | 29.5 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |
| Joint-target attack | 16 | Not recorded | 6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429 |

### LLM w/o cascade

Performance (F1/EM): 86.5. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Initial

Performance (F1/EM): 84. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Single-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 70. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"SLM only"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Random noise

Performance (F1/EM): 68.5. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 66. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02affd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"P=1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 57.5. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02affc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"P=0.8"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Single-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 53.5. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"DM only"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 49.5. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02affb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"P=0.6"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 41. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02affa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"P=0.4"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 29.5. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"P=0.2"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Joint-target attack

Performance (F1/EM): 16. Result ID: 6a0c30effbc373592c02aff8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a0bee98dbc836b87d82c429.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Cascade System":"Qwen2.5-3B + DistilBERT-base + Phi-3.5-MoE 16x3.8B","Setting":"P=0"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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