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Unveiling Downstream Performance Scaling of LLMs: A Clustering-Based Perspective

Chengyin Xu, Kaiyuan Chen, Xiao Li, Ke Shen, Chenggang Li · Feb 24, 2025 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

The escalating scale and cost of Large Language Models (LLMs) training necessitate accurate pre-training prediction of downstream task performance for comprehensive understanding of scaling properties. This is challenged by: 1) the emergence phenomenon, where unpredictable capabilities appearing suddenly at critical model scales; and 2) uneven task difficulty and inconsistent performance scaling patterns, leading to high metric variability. Current prediction methods lack accuracy and reliability. We propose a Clustering-On-Difficulty (COD) framework for downstream performance prediction. The COD framework clusters tasks by their difficulty scaling features, thereby constructing a more stable and predictable task subset that exhibits well-behaved scaling characteristics with the increase of compute budget. We adopt a performance scaling law to predict cluster-wise performance with theoretical support. Predictable subset performance acts as an intermediate predictor for the full evaluation set. We further derive a mapping function to accurately extrapolate the performance of the subset to the full set. Applied to an LLM with 70B parameters, COD achieved a 1.55\% average prediction error across eight key LLM benchmarks, thus providing actionable insights for scaling properties and training monitoring during LLM pre-training.

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Evidence snippet: The escalating scale and cost of Large Language Models (LLMs) training necessitate accurate pre-training prediction of downstream task performance for comprehensive understanding of scaling properties.

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We propose a Clustering-On-Difficulty (COD) framework for downstream performance prediction. HFEPX signals include Automatic Metrics with confidence 0.35. Updated from current HFEPX corpus.

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  • We propose a Clustering-On-Difficulty (COD) framework for downstream performance prediction.
  • Predictable subset performance acts as an intermediate predictor for the full evaluation set.

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  • We propose a Clustering-On-Difficulty (COD) framework for downstream performance prediction.
  • Predictable subset performance acts as an intermediate predictor for the full evaluation set.
  • Applied to an LLM with 70B parameters, COD achieved a 1.55\% average prediction error across eight key LLM benchmarks, thus providing actionable insights for scaling properties and training monitoring during LLM pre-training.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • Predictable subset performance acts as an intermediate predictor for the full evaluation set.
  • Applied to an LLM with 70B parameters, COD achieved a 1.55\% average prediction error across eight key LLM benchmarks, thus providing actionable insights for scaling properties and training monitoring during LLM pre-training.

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