Codestral Chat on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Codestral Chat scores 86.3 on HellaSwag, placing it #204 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 Codestral Chat 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, Codestral Chat sits at #204 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 9.8 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Codestral Chat above the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 79.8 on this benchmark. Codestral Chat is 6.5 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 86.8. Codestral Chat is 0.5 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 86.3 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 $3.89 per million input tokens, Codestral Chat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4 Chat | Microsoft | 65536 | $3.66 | 74.7 |
| QwQ Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $3.68 | 74.1 |
| Reka Core Max | Reka AI | 128000 | $13.41 | 79.3 |
| o3 Mini | OpenAI | 128000 | $10.68 | 76.2 |
| Codestral Chat | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.89 | 75.8 |
| Llama 3 Replicate Instruct | Replicate | 128000 | $3.71 | 75.1 |
| Phi-4 | Microsoft | 200000 | $3.96 | 75.4 |
Other benchmarks for Codestral Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 80.1 | 180 | 70th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 70.0 | 260 | 57th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 62.8 | 256 | 57th | |
| HumanEval | 82.3 | 178 | 70th | |
| MATH-500 | 76.8 | 283 | 53th | |
| AIME 2025 | 73.9 | 184 | 69th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 67.0 | 248 | 59th | |
| IFEval | 82.0 | 276 | 54th | |
| TruthfulQA | 79.2 | 209 | 65th | |
| MMMU | 73.1 | 215 | 64th | |
| Arena Elo | 1389.9 | 250 | 58th |
FAQ
What score does Codestral Chat get on HellaSwag?
Codestral Chat scores 86.3 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Codestral Chat rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #204 of 600 models, in the 66th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Codestral Chat good at HellaSwag?
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 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 Codestral Chat cost?
Codestral Chat costs $3.89 per million input tokens and $18.19 per million output tokens.