MLIP Arena: Advancing Fairness and Transparency in Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials via an Open, Accessible Benchmark Platform

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Main Authors: Chiang, Yuan, Kreiman, Tobias, Zhang, Christine, Kuner, Matthew C., Weaver, Elizabeth, Amin, Ishan, Park, Hyunsoo, Lim, Yunsung, Kim, Jihan, Chrzan, Daryl, Walsh, Aron, Blau, Samuel M., Asta, Mark, Krishnapriyan, Aditi S.
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author Chiang, Yuan
Kreiman, Tobias
Zhang, Christine
Kuner, Matthew C.
Weaver, Elizabeth
Amin, Ishan
Park, Hyunsoo
Lim, Yunsung
Kim, Jihan
Chrzan, Daryl
Walsh, Aron
Blau, Samuel M.
Asta, Mark
Krishnapriyan, Aditi S.
author_facet Chiang, Yuan
Kreiman, Tobias
Zhang, Christine
Kuner, Matthew C.
Weaver, Elizabeth
Amin, Ishan
Park, Hyunsoo
Lim, Yunsung
Kim, Jihan
Chrzan, Daryl
Walsh, Aron
Blau, Samuel M.
Asta, Mark
Krishnapriyan, Aditi S.
contents Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have revolutionized molecular and materials modeling, but existing benchmarks suffer from data leakage, limited transferability, and an over-reliance on error-based metrics tied to specific density functional theory (DFT) references. We introduce MLIP Arena, a benchmark platform that evaluates force field performance based on physics awareness, chemical reactivity, stability under extreme conditions, and predictive capabilities for thermodynamic properties and physical phenomena. By moving beyond static DFT references and revealing the important failure modes of current foundation MLIPs in real-world settings, MLIP Arena provides a reproducible framework to guide the next-generation MLIP development toward improved predictive accuracy and runtime efficiency while maintaining physical consistency. The Python package and online leaderboard are available at https://github.com/atomind-ai/mlip-arena.
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spellingShingle MLIP Arena: Advancing Fairness and Transparency in Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials via an Open, Accessible Benchmark Platform
Chiang, Yuan
Kreiman, Tobias
Zhang, Christine
Kuner, Matthew C.
Weaver, Elizabeth
Amin, Ishan
Park, Hyunsoo
Lim, Yunsung
Kim, Jihan
Chrzan, Daryl
Walsh, Aron
Blau, Samuel M.
Asta, Mark
Krishnapriyan, Aditi S.
Chemical Physics
Materials Science
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have revolutionized molecular and materials modeling, but existing benchmarks suffer from data leakage, limited transferability, and an over-reliance on error-based metrics tied to specific density functional theory (DFT) references. We introduce MLIP Arena, a benchmark platform that evaluates force field performance based on physics awareness, chemical reactivity, stability under extreme conditions, and predictive capabilities for thermodynamic properties and physical phenomena. By moving beyond static DFT references and revealing the important failure modes of current foundation MLIPs in real-world settings, MLIP Arena provides a reproducible framework to guide the next-generation MLIP development toward improved predictive accuracy and runtime efficiency while maintaining physical consistency. The Python package and online leaderboard are available at https://github.com/atomind-ai/mlip-arena.
title MLIP Arena: Advancing Fairness and Transparency in Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials via an Open, Accessible Benchmark Platform
topic Chemical Physics
Materials Science
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20630