Who ranks #1 on the Natural Questions leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, Gemma 2 27B by Google ranks #1 on Natural Questions at 34.5%. API pricing is $0.65/M input and $0.65/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, Gemma 2 27B is #1 for Natural Questions at 34.5%. Ranked by the Natural Questions score 2 models in this index have a published Natural Questions score. Natural Questions leaderboard: rank models by Natural Questions next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, Gemma 2 27B by Google is #1 for Natural Questions at 34.5%. Ranked by the Natural Questions score This board also tracks Natural Questions. Next on the same board: Mistral NeMo Instruct. This natural questions leaderboard ranks models by Natural Questions. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
| Rank | Model | Natural Questions | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma 2 27B | 34.5% | $0.65 | $0.65 |
| 2 | Mistral NeMo Instruct | 31.2% | $0.15 | $0.15 |
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As of August 20, 2026, Gemma 2 27B by Google ranks #1 on Natural Questions at 34.5%. API pricing is $0.65/M input and $0.65/M output.
The current Natural Questions ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Gemma 2 27B at 34.5%; 2. Mistral NeMo Instruct at 31.2%.
Mistral NeMo Instruct is the cheapest scored model on this natural questions leaderboard at $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output ($0.30 blended). Gemma 2 27B still leads Natural Questions at 34.5%.
Not automatically. Gemma 2 27B leads Natural Questions, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Natural Questions against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.
Natural Questions is a public LLM eval (the Natural Questions score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Natural Questions leaderboard. Models are sorted by Natural Questions, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Natural Questions score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.