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SLM-Lab Benchmarks

Reproducible deep RL algorithm validation across Gymnasium environments (Classic Control, Box2D, MuJoCo, Atari).


Usage

After installation, copy SPEC_FILE and SPEC_NAME from result tables below (Atari uses one shared spec file - see Phase 4).

Running Benchmarks

Local - runs on your machine (Classic Control: minutes):

slm-lab run SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME train

Remote - cloud GPU via dstack, auto-syncs to HuggingFace:

source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME train -n NAME

Remote setup: cp .env.example .env then set HF_TOKEN. See README for dstack config.

Atari

All games share one spec file (54 tested, 5 hard exploration skipped). Use -s env=ENV to substitute. Runs take ~2-3 hours on GPU.

source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu -s env=ALE/Pong-v5 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_atari.json ppo_atari train -n pong

Download Results

Trained models and metrics sync to HuggingFace. Pull locally:

source .env && slm-lab pull SPEC_NAME
slm-lab list  # see available experiments

Benchmark Contribution

To ensure benchmark integrity, follow these steps when adding or updating results:

1. Audit Spec Settings

  • Before Running: Ensure spec.json matches the Settings line defined in each benchmark table.
  • Example: max_frame 3e5 | num_envs 4 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 500
  • After Pulling: Verify the downloaded spec.json matches these rules before using the data.

2. Run Benchmark & Commit Specs

  • Run: Execute the benchmark locally or remotely using the commands in Usage.
  • Commit Specs: Always commit the spec.json file used for the run to the repo.
  • Table Entry: Ensure BENCHMARKS.md has an entry with the correct SPEC_FILE and SPEC_NAME.

3. Record Scores & Plots

  • Score: At run completion, extract total_reward_ma from logs (trial_metrics).
  • Link: Add HuggingFace folder link: [FOLDER](https://huggingface.co/datasets/SLM-Lab/benchmark/tree/main/data/FOLDER)
  • Pull data: source .env && uv run hf download SLM-Lab/benchmark --include "data/FOLDER/*" --local-dir hf_data --repo-type dataset
  • Plot: Generate with folders from table:
    slm-lab plot -t "CartPole-v1" -f ppo_cartpole_2026...,dqn_cartpole_2026...
    

Environment Settings

Standardized settings for fair comparison. The Settings line in each result table shows these values.

Env Category num_envs max_frame log_frequency grace_period
Classic Control 4 2e5-3e5 500 1e4
Box2D 8 3e5 1000 5e4
MuJoCo 16 1e6-10e6 1e4 1e5-1e6
Atari 16 10e6 10000 5e5

Hyperparameter Search

When algorithm fails to reach target, run search instead of train:

slm-lab run SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME search                                        # local
source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME search -n NAME    # remote
Stage Mode Config Purpose
ASHA search max_session=1, search_scheduler enabled Wide exploration with early stopping
Multi search max_session=4, NO search_scheduler Robust validation with averaging
Validate train Final spec Confirmation run

Do not use search result in benchmark results - use final validation run with committed spec.

Search budget: ~3-4 trials per dimension (8 trials = 2-3 dims, 16 = 3-4 dims, 20+ = 5+ dims).

{
  "meta": {
    "max_session": 1, "max_trial": 16,
    "search_resources": {"cpu": 1, "gpu": 0.125},
    "search_scheduler": {"grace_period": 1e5, "reduction_factor": 3}
  },
  "search": {
    "agent.algorithm.gamma__uniform": [0.98, 0.999],
    "agent.algorithm.lam__uniform": [0.9, 0.98],
    "agent.net.optim_spec.lr__loguniform": [1e-4, 1e-3]
  }
}

Progress

Phase Category Envs REINFORCE SARSA DQN DDQN+PER A2C PPO SAC Overall
1 Classic Control 3 🔄 🔄 🔄 🔄 🔄 🔄 🔄 Rerun pending
2 Box2D 2 N/A N/A 🔄 🔄 🔄 🔄 🔄 Rerun pending
3 MuJoCo 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A 🔄 🔄 🔄 Rerun pending
4 Atari 59 N/A N/A N/A Skip 🔄 N/A 54 games

Legend: ✅ Solved | ⚠️ Close (>80%) | 📊 Acceptable | ❌ Failed | 🔄 In progress/Pending | Skip Not started | N/A Not applicable


Results

Phase 1: Classic Control

1.1 CartPole-v1

Docs: CartPole | State: Box(4) | Action: Discrete(2) | Target reward MA > 400

Settings: max_frame 2e5 | num_envs 4 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 500

CartPole-v1 Multi-Trial Graph

1.2 Acrobot-v1

Docs: Acrobot | State: Box(6) | Action: Discrete(3) | Target reward MA > -100

Settings: max_frame 3e5 | num_envs 4 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 500

Acrobot-v1 Multi-Trial Graph

1.3 Pendulum-v1

Docs: Pendulum | State: Box(3) | Action: Box(1) | Target reward MA > -200

Settings: max_frame 3e5 | num_envs 4 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 500

Pendulum-v1 Multi-Trial Graph

Phase 2: Box2D

2.1 LunarLander-v3 (Discrete)

Docs: LunarLander | State: Box(8) | Action: Discrete(4) | Target reward MA > 200

Settings: max_frame 3e5 | num_envs 8 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1000

LunarLander-v3 (Discrete) Multi-Trial Graph

2.2 LunarLander-v3 (Continuous)

Docs: LunarLander | State: Box(8) | Action: Box(2) | Target reward MA > 200

Settings: max_frame 3e5 | num_envs 8 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1000

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
A2C -38.18 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/a2c/a2c_gae_lunar.json a2c_gae_lunar_continuous a2c_gae_lunar_continuous_2026_01_30_215630
PPO ⚠️ 165.48 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_lunar.json ppo_lunar_continuous ppo_lunar_continuous_2026_01_31_104549
SAC 208.60 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/sac/sac_lunar.json sac_lunar_continuous sac_lunar_continuous_2026_01_31_104537

LunarLander-v3 (Continuous) Multi-Trial Graph

Phase 3: MuJoCo

Docs: MuJoCo environments | State/Action: Continuous | Target: Practical baselines (no official "solved" threshold)

Settings: max_frame 4e6-10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm: PPO only - SAC omitted (off-policy = heavy compute for systematic benchmarking). Network: MLP [256,256] tanh, orthogonal init.

Spec Variants: Two unified specs in ppo_mujoco.json, plus individual specs for edge cases.

SPEC_NAME Envs Key Config
ppo_mujoco HalfCheetah, Walker, Humanoid, HumanoidStandup gamma=0.99, lam=0.95
ppo_mujoco_longhorizon Reacher, Pusher gamma=0.997, lam=0.97
Individual specs Hopper, Swimmer, Ant, IP, IDP See spec files for tuned hyperparams

Reproduce: Copy ENV, SPEC_FILE, SPEC_NAME from table. Use -s max_frame= for all specs, add -s env= for unified specs:

# Unified specs (ppo_mujoco.json)
source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu -s env=ENV -s max_frame=MAX_FRAME \
  slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json SPEC_NAME train -n NAME

# Individual specs (env hardcoded)
source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu -s max_frame=MAX_FRAME \
  slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME train -n NAME
ENV MAX_FRAME SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME
HalfCheetah-v5 10e6 ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco
Walker2d-v5 10e6 ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco
Humanoid-v5 10e6 ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco
HumanoidStandup-v5 4e6 ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco
Hopper-v5 4e6 ppo_hopper.json ppo_hopper
Swimmer-v5 4e6 ppo_swimmer.json ppo_swimmer
Ant-v5 10e6 ppo_ant.json ppo_ant
Reacher-v5 4e6 ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco_longhorizon
Pusher-v5 4e6 ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco_longhorizon
InvertedPendulum-v5 4e6 ppo_inverted_pendulum.json ppo_inverted_pendulum
InvertedDoublePendulum-v5 10e6 ppo_inverted_double_pendulum.json ppo_inverted_double_pendulum

3.1 Hopper-v5

Docs: Hopper | State: Box(11) | Action: Box(3) | Target reward MA ~ 2000

Settings: max_frame 4e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 1972.38 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_hopper.json ppo_hopper ppo_hopper_2026_01_31_105438

Hopper-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.2 HalfCheetah-v5

Docs: HalfCheetah | State: Box(17) | Action: Box(6) | Target reward MA > 5000

Settings: max_frame 10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 5851.70 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco ppo_mujoco_halfcheetah_2026_01_30_230302

HalfCheetah-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.3 Walker2d-v5

Docs: Walker2d | State: Box(17) | Action: Box(6) | Target reward MA > 3500

Settings: max_frame 10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 4042.07 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco ppo_mujoco_walker2d_2026_01_30_222124

Walker2d-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.4 Ant-v5

Docs: Ant | State: Box(105) | Action: Box(8) | Target reward MA > 2000

Settings: max_frame 10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 2514.64 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_ant.json ppo_ant ppo_ant_2026_01_31_042006

Ant-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.5 Swimmer-v5

Docs: Swimmer | State: Box(8) | Action: Box(2) | Target reward MA > 200

Settings: max_frame 4e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 229.31 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_swimmer.json ppo_swimmer ppo_swimmer_2026_01_30_215922

Swimmer-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.6 Reacher-v5

Docs: Reacher | State: Box(10) | Action: Box(2) | Target reward MA > -10

Settings: max_frame 4e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO -5.08 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco_longhorizon ppo_mujoco_longhorizon_reacher_2026_01_30_215805

Reacher-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.7 Pusher-v5

Docs: Pusher | State: Box(23) | Action: Box(7) | Target reward MA > -50

Settings: max_frame 4e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO -49.09 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco_longhorizon ppo_mujoco_longhorizon_pusher_2026_01_30_215824

Pusher-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.8 InvertedPendulum-v5

Docs: InvertedPendulum | State: Box(4) | Action: Box(1) | Target reward MA ~1000

Settings: max_frame 4e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 944.87 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_inverted_pendulum.json ppo_inverted_pendulum ppo_inverted_pendulum_2026_01_30_230211

InvertedPendulum-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.9 InvertedDoublePendulum-v5

Docs: InvertedDoublePendulum | State: Box(9) | Action: Box(1) | Target reward MA ~8000

Settings: max_frame 10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 7622.00 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_inverted_double_pendulum.json ppo_inverted_double_pendulum ppo_inverted_double_pendulum_2026_01_30_220651

InvertedDoublePendulum-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.10 Humanoid-v5

Docs: Humanoid | State: Box(348) | Action: Box(17) | Target reward MA > 1000

Settings: max_frame 10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 3774.08 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco ppo_mujoco_humanoid_2026_01_30_222339

Humanoid-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

3.11 HumanoidStandup-v5

Docs: HumanoidStandup | State: Box(348) | Action: Box(17) | Target reward MA > 100000

Settings: max_frame 4e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 1e4

Algorithm Status MA SPEC_FILE SPEC_NAME HF Repo
PPO 165841.17 slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_mujoco.json ppo_mujoco ppo_mujoco_humanoidstandup_2026_01_30_215802

HumanoidStandup-v5 Multi-Trial Graph

Phase 4: Atari

Docs: Atari environments | State: Box(84,84,4 after preprocessing) | Action: Discrete(4-18, game-dependent)

Settings: max_frame 10e6 | num_envs 16 | max_session 4 | log_frequency 10000

Environment:

  • Gymnasium ALE v5 with life_loss_info=true
  • v5 uses sticky actions (repeat_action_probability=0.25) per Machado et al. (2018) best practices

Algorithm Specs (all use Nature CNN [32,64,64] + 512fc):

  • DDQN+PER: Skipped - off-policy variants 6x slower (230 fps vs ~1500 fps), not cost effective at 10M frames
  • A2C: a2c_gae_atari.json - RMSprop (lr=7e-4), training_frequency=32
  • PPO: ppo_atari.json - AdamW (lr=2.5e-4), minibatch=256, horizon=128, epochs=4

PPO Lambda Variants (table shows best result per game):

SPEC_NAME Lambda Best for
ppo_atari 0.95 Strategic games (default)
ppo_atari_lam85 0.85 Mixed games
ppo_atari_lam70 0.70 Action games

Reproduce:

# A2C
source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu -s env=ENV -s max_frame=1e7 \
  slm_lab/spec/benchmark/a2c/a2c_gae_atari.json a2c_gae_atari train -n NAME

# PPO
source .env && slm-lab run-remote --gpu -s env=ENV -s max_frame=1e7 \
  slm_lab/spec/benchmark/ppo/ppo_atari.json SPEC_NAME train -n NAME
ENV Score SPEC_NAME HF Repo
ALE/AirRaid-v5 5067 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_airraid_2026_02_01_082446
8245 ppo_atari ppo_atari_airraid_2026_01_06_113119
ALE/Alien-v5 1488 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_alien_2026_02_01_000858
1453 ppo_atari ppo_atari_alien_2026_01_06_112514
ALE/Amidar-v5 330 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_amidar_2026_02_01_082251
580 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_amidar_2026_01_07_223416
ALE/Assault-v5 1646 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_assault_2026_02_01_082252
4293 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_assault_2026_01_08_130044
ALE/Asterix-v5 2712 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_asterix_2026_02_01_082315
3482 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_asterix_2026_01_07_223445
ALE/Asteroids-v5 2106 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_asteroids_2026_02_01_082328
1554 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_asteroids_2026_01_07_224245
ALE/Atlantis-v5 873365 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_atlantis_2026_02_01_082330
792886 ppo_atari ppo_atari_atlantis_2026_01_06_120440
ALE/BankHeist-v5 1099 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_bankheist_2026_02_01_082403
1045 ppo_atari ppo_atari_bankheist_2026_01_06_121042
ALE/BattleZone-v5 2437 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_battlezone_2026_02_01_082425
26383 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_battlezone_2026_01_08_094729
ALE/BeamRider-v5 2767 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_beamrider_2026_02_01_000921
2765 ppo_atari ppo_atari_beamrider_2026_01_06_112533
ALE/Berzerk-v5 439 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_berzerk_2026_02_01_082540
1072 ppo_atari ppo_atari_berzerk_2026_01_06_112515
ALE/Bowling-v5 23.96 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_bowling_2026_02_01_082529
46.45 ppo_atari ppo_atari_bowling_2026_01_06_113148
ALE/Boxing-v5 1.80 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_boxing_2026_02_01_082539
91.17 ppo_atari ppo_atari_boxing_2026_01_06_112531
ALE/Breakout-v5 273 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_breakout_2026_01_31_213610
327 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_breakout_2026_01_07_110559
ALE/Carnival-v5 2170 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_carnival_2026_02_01_082726
3967 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_carnival_2026_01_07_144738
ALE/Centipede-v5 1382 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_centipede_2026_02_01_082643
4915 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_centipede_2026_01_07_223557
ALE/ChopperCommand-v5 2446 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_choppercommand_2026_02_01_082626
5355 ppo_atari ppo_atari_choppercommand_2026_01_07_110539
ALE/CrazyClimber-v5 96943 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_crazyclimber_2026_02_01_082625
107370 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_crazyclimber_2026_01_07_223609
ALE/Defender-v5 33149 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_defender_2026_02_01_082658
51439 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_defender_2026_01_07_205238
ALE/DemonAttack-v5 2962 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_demonattack_2026_02_01_082717
16558 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_demonattack_2026_01_07_111315
ALE/DoubleDunk-v5 -1.69 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_doubledunk_2026_02_01_082901
-2.38 ppo_atari ppo_atari_doubledunk_2026_01_07_110802
ALE/ElevatorAction-v5 731 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_elevatoraction_2026_02_01_082908
5446 ppo_atari ppo_atari_elevatoraction_2026_01_06_113129
ALE/Enduro-v5 681 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_enduro_2026_02_01_001123
898 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_enduro_2026_01_08_095448
ALE/FishingDerby-v5 -16.38 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_fishingderby_2026_02_01_082906
27.10 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_fishingderby_2026_01_08_094158
ALE/Freeway-v5 23.13 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_freeway_2026_02_01_082931
31.30 ppo_atari ppo_atari_freeway_2026_01_06_182318
ALE/Frostbite-v5 266 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_frostbite_2026_02_01_082915
301 ppo_atari ppo_atari_frostbite_2026_01_06_112556
ALE/Gopher-v5 984 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_gopher_2026_02_01_133323
6508 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_gopher_2026_01_07_170451
ALE/Gravitar-v5 270 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_gravitar_2026_02_01_133244
599 ppo_atari ppo_atari_gravitar_2026_01_06_112548
ALE/Hero-v5 18680 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_hero_2026_02_01_175903
28238 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_hero_2026_01_07_223619
ALE/IceHockey-v5 -5.92 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_icehockey_2026_02_01_175745
-3.93 ppo_atari ppo_atari_icehockey_2026_01_06_183721
ALE/Jamesbond-v5 460 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_jamesbond_2026_02_01_175945
662 ppo_atari ppo_atari_jamesbond_2026_01_06_183717
ALE/JourneyEscape-v5 -965 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_journeyescape_2026_02_01_084415
-1252 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_journeyescape_2026_01_08_094842
ALE/Kangaroo-v5 322 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_kangaroo_2026_02_01_084415
9912 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_kangaroo_2026_01_07_110838
ALE/Krull-v5 7519 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_krull_2026_02_01_084420
7841 ppo_atari ppo_atari_krull_2026_01_07_110747
ALE/KungFuMaster-v5 23006 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_kungfumaster_2026_02_01_085101
29068 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_kungfumaster_2026_01_07_111317
ALE/MsPacman-v5 2110 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_mspacman_2026_02_01_001100
2372 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_mspacman_2026_01_07_223522
ALE/NameThisGame-v5 5412 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_namethisgame_2026_02_01_132733
5993 ppo_atari ppo_atari_namethisgame_2026_01_06_182952
ALE/Phoenix-v5 5635 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_phoenix_2026_02_01_085101
15659 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_phoenix_2026_01_07_110832
ALE/Pong-v5 10.17 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_pong_2026_01_31_213635
16.91 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_pong_2026_01_08_094454
ALE/Pooyan-v5 2997 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_pooyan_2026_02_01_132748
5716 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_pooyan_2026_01_07_224346
ALE/Qbert-v5 12619 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_qbert_2026_01_31_213720
15094 ppo_atari ppo_atari_qbert_2026_01_06_111801
ALE/Riverraid-v5 6558 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_riverraid_2026_02_01_132507
9428 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_riverraid_2026_01_07_204356
ALE/RoadRunner-v5 29810 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_roadrunner_2026_02_01_132509
37015 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_roadrunner_2026_01_07_145913
ALE/Robotank-v5 2.80 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_robotank_2026_02_01_132434
20.07 ppo_atari ppo_atari_robotank_2026_01_06_183413
ALE/Seaquest-v5 850 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_seaquest_2026_02_01_001001
1796 ppo_atari ppo_atari_seaquest_2026_01_06_183440
ALE/Skiing-v5 -14235 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_skiing_2026_02_01_132451
-19340 ppo_atari ppo_atari_skiing_2026_01_06_183424
ALE/Solaris-v5 2224 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_solaris_2026_02_01_212137
2094 ppo_atari ppo_atari_solaris_2026_01_06_192643
ALE/SpaceInvaders-v5 784 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_spaceinvaders_2026_02_01_000950
726 ppo_atari ppo_atari_spaceinvaders_2026_01_07_102346
ALE/StarGunner-v5 8665 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_stargunner_2026_02_01_132406
47495 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_stargunner_2026_01_07_111404
ALE/Surround-v5 -9.72 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_surround_2026_02_01_132215
-2.52 ppo_atari ppo_atari_surround_2026_01_07_102404
ALE/Tennis-v5 -2873 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_tennis_2026_02_01_175829
-4.41 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_tennis_2026_01_07_223532
ALE/TimePilot-v5 3376 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_timepilot_2026_02_01_175930
4668 ppo_atari ppo_atari_timepilot_2026_01_07_101010
ALE/Tutankham-v5 167 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_tutankham_2026_02_01_132347
217 ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam85_tutankham_2026_01_08_095251
ALE/UpNDown-v5 57099 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_upndown_2026_02_01_132435
182472 ppo_atari ppo_atari_upndown_2026_01_07_105708
ALE/VideoPinball-v5 25310 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_videopinball_2026_02_01_083457
56746 ppo_atari_lam70 ppo_atari_lam70_videopinball_2026_01_07_224359
ALE/WizardOfWor-v5 2682 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_wizardofwor_2026_02_01_132449
5814 ppo_atari ppo_atari_wizardofwor_2026_01_06_221154
ALE/YarsRevenge-v5 24371 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_yarsrevenge_2026_02_01_132224
17120 ppo_atari ppo_atari_yarsrevenge_2026_01_06_221154
ALE/Zaxxon-v5 29.46 a2c_gae_atari a2c_gae_atari_zaxxon_2026_02_01_131758
10756 ppo_atari ppo_atari_zaxxon_2026_01_06_221154

Training Curves (A2C vs PPO):

AirRaid Alien Amidar
Assault Asterix Asteroids
Atlantis BankHeist BattleZone
BeamRider Berzerk Bowling
Boxing Breakout Carnival
Centipede ChopperCommand CrazyClimber
Defender DemonAttack DoubleDunk
ElevatorAction Enduro FishingDerby
Freeway Frostbite Gopher
Gravitar Hero IceHockey
Jamesbond JourneyEscape Kangaroo
Krull KungFuMaster MsPacman
NameThisGame Phoenix Pong
Pooyan Qbert Riverraid
RoadRunner Robotank Seaquest
Skiing Solaris SpaceInvaders
StarGunner Surround Tennis
TimePilot Tutankham UpNDown
VideoPinball WizardOfWor YarsRevenge
Zaxxon

Skipped (hard exploration): Adventure, MontezumaRevenge, Pitfall, PrivateEye, Venture

PPO Lambda Comparison (click to expand)
ENV ppo_atari ppo_atari_lam85 ppo_atari_lam70
ALE/AirRaid-v5 8245 - -
ALE/Alien-v5 1453 1353 1274
ALE/Amidar-v5 574 580 -
ALE/Assault-v5 4059 4293 3314
ALE/Asterix-v5 2967 3482 -
ALE/Asteroids-v5 1497 1554 -
ALE/Atlantis-v5 792886 754k 710k
ALE/BankHeist-v5 1045 1045 -
ALE/BattleZone-v5 21270 26383 13857
ALE/BeamRider-v5 2765 - -
ALE/Berzerk-v5 1072 - -
ALE/Bowling-v5 46.45 - -
ALE/Boxing-v5 91.17 - -
ALE/Breakout-v5 191 292 327
ALE/Carnival-v5 3071 3013 3967
ALE/Centipede-v5 3917 - 4915
ALE/ChopperCommand-v5 5355 - -
ALE/CrazyClimber-v5 107183 107370 -
ALE/Defender-v5 37162 - 51439
ALE/DemonAttack-v5 7755 - 16558
ALE/DoubleDunk-v5 -2.38 - -
ALE/ElevatorAction-v5 5446 363 3933
ALE/Enduro-v5 414 898 872
ALE/FishingDerby-v5 22.80 27.10 -
ALE/Freeway-v5 31.30 - -
ALE/Frostbite-v5 301 275 267
ALE/Gopher-v5 4172 - 6508
ALE/Gravitar-v5 599 253 145
ALE/Hero-v5 21052 28238 -
ALE/IceHockey-v5 -3.93 -5.58 -7.36
ALE/Jamesbond-v5 662 - -
ALE/JourneyEscape-v5 -1582 -1252 -1547
ALE/Kangaroo-v5 2623 9912 -
ALE/Krull-v5 7841 - -
ALE/KungFuMaster-v5 18973 28334 29068
ALE/MsPacman-v5 2308 2372 2297
ALE/NameThisGame-v5 5993 - -
ALE/Phoenix-v5 7940 - 15659
ALE/Pong-v5 15.01 16.91 12.85
ALE/Pooyan-v5 4704 - 5716
ALE/Qbert-v5 15094 - -
ALE/Riverraid-v5 7319 9428 -
ALE/RoadRunner-v5 24204 37015 -
ALE/Robotank-v5 20.07 8.24 2.59
ALE/Seaquest-v5 1796 - -
ALE/Skiing-v5 -19340 -22980 -29975
ALE/Solaris-v5 2094 - -
ALE/SpaceInvaders-v5 726 - -
ALE/StarGunner-v5 31862 - 47495
ALE/Surround-v5 -2.52 - -6.79
ALE/Tennis-v5 -7.66 -4.41 -
ALE/TimePilot-v5 4668 - -
ALE/Tutankham-v5 203 217 -
ALE/UpNDown-v5 182472 - -
ALE/VideoPinball-v5 31385 - 56746
ALE/WizardOfWor-v5 5814 5466 4740
ALE/YarsRevenge-v5 17120 - -
ALE/Zaxxon-v5 10756 - -

Legend: Bold = Best score | - = Not tested