Arctic Base on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Arctic Base scores 79.9 on HellaSwag, placing it #379 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HellaSwag, with Arctic Base highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 10 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
What this score means
On HellaSwag, Arctic Base sits at #379 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 16.2 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Arctic Base below the midpoint.
Snowflake models average 75.0 on this benchmark. Arctic Base is 4.9 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Snowflake model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 80.2. Arctic Base is 0.3 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 79.9 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $2.27 per million input tokens, Arctic Base is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HellaSwag. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano | Google DeepMind | 32768 | $7.28 | 69.2 |
| Sonar Pro Mini | Perplexity | 8192 | $8.02 | 70.3 |
| Arctic | Snowflake | 8192 | $2.72 | 68.8 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 Nano | Anthropic | 8192 | $6.47 | 68.7 |
| Arctic Base | Snowflake | 32768 | $2.27 | 67.5 |
| Firesearch Turbo | Fireworks AI | 16384 | $7.58 | 69.3 |
| Grok 3 Nano | xAI | 8192 | $7.12 | 67.8 |
Other benchmarks for Arctic Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 69.5 | 401 | 33th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 62.0 | 391 | 35th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 56.2 | 374 | 38th | |
| HumanEval | 71.5 | 383 | 36th | |
| MATH-500 | 71.6 | 370 | 38th | |
| AIME 2025 | 62.7 | 368 | 39th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 61.0 | 360 | 40th | |
| IFEval | 74.9 | 399 | 34th | |
| TruthfulQA | 71.9 | 381 | 37th | |
| MMMU | 61.6 | 413 | 31th | |
| Arena Elo | 1343.8 | 373 | 38th |
FAQ
What score does Arctic Base get on HellaSwag?
Arctic Base scores 79.9 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Arctic Base rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #379 of 600 models, in the 37th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Arctic Base good at HellaSwag?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the HellaSwag score calculated?
HellaSwag is a commonsense benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Arctic Base cost?
Arctic Base costs $2.27 per million input tokens and $10.68 per million output tokens.