Aitra Bench · Working group

Public review [DATE]

An open benchmark for AI inference,
measured the same way everywhere

One methodology, pinned artifacts and open run records, so joules per token means the same thing on every system that reports it. Results describe behaviour; they do not rank vendors, models or products.

What it measures

Energy

Steady-state and full-lifecycle J/token, with startup and release energy reported separately.

Utilization

GPU, memory and interconnect use under the same workloads and test points.

Cost and carbon

Whole-server overhead, PUE, electricity price and grid intensity — declared, never assumed.

Principles

01

Declared boundaries

Every number states what it includes: which stages, which components, which window.

02

Pinned artifacts

Model revisions, precision, engine version and container digest recorded for each run.

03

Like for like

Results shown within a scenario and model size group. No leaderboard, no overall winner.

04

Open records

Raw run data published with results, so anyone can recompute or challenge them.

Rounds and divisions

Aitra Bench Inference v0.5

Call for participation · Tokyo, December 7–9, 2026

The first open round. Every model is measured two ways, so results stay comparable while each team can show its model at its best.

Closed division

A common test point: fixed hardware class, parallelism, workloads and thinking setting. Directly comparable across models.

Open division

Each model team recommends its engine, precision, parallelism and thinking setting. Every change is disclosed with the result.

Built on published research

Built in the open

Built in the open.

Developed by a working group at SODA Foundation, building on published research from Tsinghua University.