Codestral Chat on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Codestral Chat scores 79.2 on TruthfulQA, placing it #209 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Codestral Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Qwen3-Max Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.53 | 85.9 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.01 | 86.0 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
What this score means
On TruthfulQA, Codestral Chat sits at #209 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 11.9 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Codestral Chat above the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 71.0 on this benchmark. Codestral Chat is 8.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Codestral Chat is 0.9 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 79.2 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 TruthfulQA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3 Baseten Instruct | Baseten | 200000 | $3.91 | 76.2 |
| Reka Core Reasoning | Reka AI | 32768 | $13.11 | 78.5 |
| Seed-OSS Instruct | ByteDance | 128000 | $3.79 | 76.0 |
| Sonar Pro Pro | Perplexity | 200000 | $13.59 | 79.7 |
| Codestral Chat | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.89 | 75.8 |
| Nemotron 4 Chat | NVIDIA | 65536 | $3.99 | 75.0 |
| Grok 4 Mini | xAI | 65536 | $12.21 | 77.9 |
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 | |
| HellaSwag | 86.3 | 204 | 66th | |
| MMMU | 73.1 | 215 | 64th | |
| Arena Elo | 1389.9 | 250 | 58th |
FAQ
What score does Codestral Chat get on TruthfulQA?
Codestral Chat scores 79.2 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Codestral Chat rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #209 of 600 models, in the 65th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Codestral Chat good at TruthfulQA?
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 TruthfulQA score calculated?
TruthfulQA is a safety 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.