Gemini 3 Pro on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Gemini 3 Pro scores 91.3 on HellaSwag, placing it #53 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 Gemini 3 Pro 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, Gemini 3 Pro sits at #53 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 4.8 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Gemini 3 Pro above the midpoint.
Google DeepMind models average 86.9 on this benchmark. Gemini 3 Pro is 4.4 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Google DeepMind model.
Among frontier models, the average is 92.3. Gemini 3 Pro is 1.0 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 91.3 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 $18.24 per million input tokens, Gemini 3 Pro is above 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5 Vision | Anthropic | 200000 | $17.70 | 85.9 |
| Grok 3 | xAI | 128000 | $15.84 | 82.8 |
| Qwen3-Max Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.53 | 85.9 |
| GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
| Gemini 3 Pro | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $18.24 | 86.1 |
| o4 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.34 | 86.6 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet Max | Anthropic | 128000 | $16.88 | 83.7 |
Other benchmarks for Gemini 3 Pro
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 88.2 | 13 | 98th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 79.0 | 72 | 88th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.5 | 12 | 98th | |
| HumanEval | 91.8 | 26 | 96th | |
| MATH-500 | 89.9 | 49 | 92th | |
| AIME 2025 | 84.3 | 46 | 92th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 83.3 | 13 | 98th | |
| IFEval | 93.7 | 14 | 98th | |
| TruthfulQA | 88.8 | 13 | 98th | |
| MMMU | 78.6 | 82 | 86th | |
| Arena Elo | 1460.7 | 52 | 91th |
FAQ
What score does Gemini 3 Pro get on HellaSwag?
Gemini 3 Pro scores 91.3 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Gemini 3 Pro rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #53 of 600 models, in the 91st percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Gemini 3 Pro 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 Gemini 3 Pro cost?
Gemini 3 Pro costs $18.24 per million input tokens and $82.93 per million output tokens.