Claude Opus 4.5 Mini on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means
Claude Opus 4.5 Mini scores 83.0 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #103 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMLU-Pro, with Claude Opus 4.5 Mini highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On MMLU-Pro, Claude Opus 4.5 Mini sits at #103 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 8.6 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts Claude Opus 4.5 Mini above the midpoint.
Anthropic models average 83.4 on this benchmark. Claude Opus 4.5 Mini is 0.4 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Anthropic model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.0. Claude Opus 4.5 Mini is 3.0 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 83.0 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 $12.72 per million input tokens, Claude Opus 4.5 Mini is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMLU-Pro. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 | Moonshot AI | 128000 | $5.85 | 83.0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick Base | Meta AI | 128000 | $4.68 | 79.1 |
| Mistral Large 3 Chat | Mistral AI | 1000000 | $4.90 | 79.1 |
| Reka Core Pro | Reka AI | 65536 | $13.44 | 79.9 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 Mini | Anthropic | 65536 | $12.72 | 79.0 |
| GPT-5.2 Mini | OpenAI | 200000 | $13.34 | 80.4 |
| Kimi K1.5 Instruct | Moonshot AI | 200000 | $5.15 | 80.5 |
Other benchmarks for Claude Opus 4.5 Mini
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.2 | 113 | 81th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 64.8 | 216 | 64th | |
| HumanEval | 82.8 | 162 | 73th | |
| MATH-500 | 84.2 | 119 | 80th | |
| AIME 2025 | 76.1 | 138 | 77th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 72.5 | 136 | 77th | |
| IFEval | 84.3 | 205 | 66th | |
| TruthfulQA | 81.1 | 153 | 75th | |
| HellaSwag | 87.1 | 170 | 72th | |
| MMMU | 76.5 | 123 | 80th | |
| Arena Elo | 1403.1 | 201 | 67th |
FAQ
What score does Claude Opus 4.5 Mini get on MMLU-Pro?
Claude Opus 4.5 Mini scores 83.0 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.
How does Claude Opus 4.5 Mini rank on MMLU-Pro?
It ranks #103 of 600 models, in the 83rd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Is Claude Opus 4.5 Mini good at MMLU-Pro?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the MMLU-Pro score calculated?
MMLU-Pro is a knowledge 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 Claude Opus 4.5 Mini cost?
Claude Opus 4.5 Mini costs $12.72 per million input tokens and $48.32 per million output tokens.