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DBRX 8B on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means

DBRX 8B scores 61.9 on TruthfulQA, placing it #505 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Score
61.9
0–100 scale
Rank
#505
of 600
Percentile
16th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.6
all models
Leader
91.1
GPT-5.1 Max
Gap to leader
29.2
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with DBRX 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

GPT-5.1 Max 91.1
Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning 90.3
GPT-5.1 Reasoning 90.0
GPT-5.2 Pro 90.0
GPT-5.2 89.7
Gemini 3 Pro Max 89.6
Grok 4 Reasoning 89.4
Qwen3-Max Max 89.3
GPT-5.1 89.2
GPT-5.1 Turbo 89.2

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg 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, DBRX 8B sits at #505 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 29.2 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts DBRX 8B below the midpoint.

Databricks models average 68.4 on this benchmark. DBRX 8B is 6.5 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Databricks model.

Among small open-weight models, the average is 59.9. DBRX 8B is 2.0 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 61.9 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 $0.82 per million input tokens, DBRX 8B 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.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Phi-4 8B Microsoft 32768 $0.96 54.9
Llama 3 Baseten 7B Baseten 32768 $0.87 55.3
Pythia Base EleutherAI 16384 $0.99 55.9
Magistral 7B Mistral AI 32768 $1.22 58.9
DBRX 8B Databricks 4096 $0.82 54.1
Llama 3.1 Cerebras 7B Cerebras 32768 $0.95 56.5
Mixtral Turbo 7B Together AI 8192 $0.68 53.2

Other benchmarks for DBRX 8B

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 61.1 511 15th
GPQA Diamond 49.5 531 12th
SWE-bench Verified 37.4 540 10th
HumanEval 54.7 545 9th
MATH-500 55.8 508 15th
AIME 2025 45.7 491 18th
LiveCodeBench 38.6 545 9th
IFEval 64.8 534 11th
HellaSwag 70.3 530 12th
MMMU 55.0 496 17th
Arena Elo 1243.0 503 16th

FAQ

What score does DBRX 8B get on TruthfulQA?

DBRX 8B scores 61.9 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.

How does DBRX 8B rank on TruthfulQA?

It ranks #505 of 600 models, in the 16th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Is DBRX 8B good at TruthfulQA?

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 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 DBRX 8B cost?

DBRX 8B costs $0.82 per million input tokens and $3.15 per million output tokens.

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