# Text generation quality and watermark detectability on C4 RealNewsLike

Source: [Text generation quality and watermark detectability on C4 RealNewsLike](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-generation-quality-and-watermark-detectability-on-c4-realnewslike>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:25:07.613Z

Evaluation of text generation quality metrics (PPL, MAUVE) and watermark detectability (AUC, TPR) on the base C4 RealNewsLike dataset.

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 | Text generation quality and watermark detectability |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | C4 RealNewsLike |
| Metric | AUC |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher 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

- [AUC](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-generation-quality-and-watermark-detectability-on-c4-realnewslike.md?metric=AUC>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [TPR](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-generation-quality-and-watermark-detectability-on-c4-realnewslike.md?metric=TPR>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [PPL](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-generation-quality-and-watermark-detectability-on-c4-realnewslike.md?metric=PPL>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Seq-rep-3](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-generation-quality-and-watermark-detectability-on-c4-realnewslike.md?metric=Seq-rep-3>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [MAUVE](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/text-generation-quality-and-watermark-detectability-on-c4-realnewslike.md?metric=MAUVE>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | AUC | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KGW-2 | 100 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| KGW-2 | 99.7 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| Gumbel-max | 99.7 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| MarkTune | 99.7 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| KGW-1 | 99.6 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| SynthID | 99.6 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| Gumbel-max | 99.5 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| MarkTune | 99.5 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| SynthID | 99.5 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| KGW-1 | 99.1 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| GaussMark | 98.3 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| KGW-D | 98.1 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| GaussMark | 97.4 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| KGW-D | 94.5 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| No Watermark | 50 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |
| No Watermark | 50 | Not recorded | 693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6 |

### KGW-2

AUC: 100. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d69.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73131e209131cea5a4b7.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KGW-2

AUC: 99.7. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d71.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73131e209131cea5a4b7.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Gumbel-max

AUC: 99.7. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d72.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MarkTune

AUC: 99.7. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d76.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KGW-1

AUC: 99.6. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d68.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73131e209131cea5a4b7.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SynthID

AUC: 99.6. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d6b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Gumbel-max

AUC: 99.5. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d6a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MarkTune

AUC: 99.5. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d6e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SynthID

AUC: 99.5. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d73.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KGW-1

AUC: 99.1. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d70.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73131e209131cea5a4b7.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GaussMark

AUC: 98.3. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d6d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76b31e209131cea6e8eb.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KGW-D

AUC: 98.1. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d6c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73141e209131cea5a619.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GaussMark

AUC: 97.4. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d75.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76b31e209131cea6e8eb.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KGW-D

AUC: 94.5. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d74.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73141e209131cea5a619.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### No Watermark

AUC: 50. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d67.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Qwen3-4B","Temperature (T)":0.7}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### No Watermark

AUC: 50. Result ID: 69998b265698665ec4fd0d6f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/693115d9d6b0dd3342933da6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama2-7B","Temperature (T)":1}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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