ESM-IF1 and ProteinMPNN: proteinbench primary benchmark evidence reverses the order
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- Ordering reversal
- Different tasks across studies
proteinbench primary benchmark evidence ranks ProteinMPNN above ESM-IF1 in 10 of 10 comparisons; other studies rank ESM-IF1 above ProteinMPNN in 24 of 24.
An automatic lead, not a finding of error. The results below are shown as published, everywhere on the site, until a reviewer decides otherwise.
Which studies agree
2 papers rank ESM-IF1 above ProteinMPNN in all 24 of their comparisons. Proteinbench primary benchmark evidence ranks ProteinMPNN above ESM-IF1 in all 10 of its comparisons.
- Rank ESM-IF1 higher (2): ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman…, ProteinGym
- Rank ProteinMPNN higher (1): proteinbench primary benchmark evidence (disagrees)
- Mixed (0): none
Each paper sits where at least two thirds of its comparisons point; Mixed means neither model reaches two thirds. The larger, outlined dot is the paper that disagrees.
| Paper | Role | Ranks ESM-IF1 higher | Ranks ProteinMPNN higher | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| proteinbench primary benchmark evidence · DOI | Disagrees | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman comparison and 4 more records · Repository | Agrees | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design · Source | Agrees | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Comparisons in proteinbench primary benchmark evidence (10)
Comparisons in ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman… (19)
| Protocol | Dataset | Metric | ESM-IF1 | ProteinMPNN | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Activity assays: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.368 | 0.197 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Binding assays: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.389 | 0.163 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Expression assays: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.407 | 0.198 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, High MSA depth proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.549 | 0.439 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Human proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.417 | 0.284 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Low MSA depth proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.292 | 0.187 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Medium MSA depth proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.427 | 0.271 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Organismal fitness assays: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.324 | 0.164 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Other eukaryote proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.502 | 0.394 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Prokaryote proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.498 | 0.348 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Stability assays: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.624 | 0.565 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, Virus proteins: mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.389 | 0.262 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, mean over selection types of the per-type mean over proteins of assay-level Spearman (all 217 assays)), unitless | 0.422 | 0.257 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, variants with 1 substitution: mean over protein and selection-type groups of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.44 | 0.292 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, variants with 2 substitutions: mean over protein and selection-type groups of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.35 | 0.26 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, variants with 3 substitutions: mean over protein and selection-type groups of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.301 | 0.174 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, variants with 4 substitutions: mean over protein and selection-type groups of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.294 | 0.183 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym v1.3 zero-shot DMS substitutions | ProteinGym DMS substitution assays at commit 144fe22 (217 assays) | Spearman (ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions, variants with 5 or more substitutions: mean over protein and selection-type groups of assay-level Spearman), unitless | 0.358 | 0.278 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym AMFR official zero-shot Spearman snapshot | ProteinGym AMFR 4G3O official snapshot cohort | Spearman, unitless | 0.433 | 0.353 | ESM-IF1 |
Comparisons in ProteinGym (5)
| Protocol | Dataset | Metric | ESM-IF1 | ProteinMPNN | Higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProteinGym ZS-SUB-AUC: Zero-shot substitutions, AUC | ProteinGym substitution DMS assays (ProteinGym split) | AUROC, unitless | 0.73 | 0.639 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym ZS-SUB-MCC: Zero-shot substitutions, MCC | ProteinGym substitution DMS assays (ProteinGym split) | MCC, unitless | 0.331 | 0.196 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym ZS-SUB-NDCG: Zero-shot substitutions, NDCG@10% | ProteinGym substitution DMS assays (ProteinGym split) | NDCG at 10%, unitless | 0.748 | 0.713 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym ZS-SUB-RECALL: Zero-shot substitutions, top 10% recall | ProteinGym substitution DMS assays (ProteinGym split) | Top 10% recall, fraction | 0.223 | 0.186 | ESM-IF1 |
| ProteinGym ZS-SUB-SPEARMAN: Zero-shot substitutions, Spearman | ProteinGym substitution DMS assays (ProteinGym split) | Spearman, unitless | 0.422 | 0.258 | ESM-IF1 |
What disagrees
- Other studies
- rank ESM-IF1 above ProteinMPNN in 24 of 24 comparisons
- This study
- ranks ProteinMPNN above ESM-IF1 in 10 of 10 comparisons
- Compared
- ESM-IF1, ProteinMPNN
- Study that disagrees
- proteinbench primary benchmark evidence
- Other studies
6 studies
ProteinGym: Large-Scale Benchmarks for Protein Fitness Prediction and Design, ProteinGym AMFR assay-level Spearman comparison, ProteinGym clinical supervised substitutions AUC summary at commit 144fe22, ProteinGym clinical zero-shot indels AUC summary at commit 144fe22, ProteinGym clinical zero-shot substitutions AUC summary at commit 144fe22, ProteinGym zero-shot DMS substitutions Spearman summary at commit 144fe22- Rule
- Ordering reversal; different tasks across studies
- Model identity
- Matched across studies through reviewed links
The compared numbers
Each value links to its result record and source. Compare values within one protocol; the rule compares rankings, not raw values across protocols.
In the other studies (48 results)
Follow-up
Current state: Not yet reviewed.
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