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GPT-5.1 Mini on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means

GPT-5.1 Mini scores 82.4 on TruthfulQA, placing it #120 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Score
82.4
0–100 scale
Rank
#120
of 600
Percentile
80th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.6
all models
Leader
91.1
GPT-5.1 Max
Gap to leader
8.7
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with GPT-5.1 Mini 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, GPT-5.1 Mini sits at #120 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 8.7 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts GPT-5.1 Mini above the midpoint.

OpenAI models average 85.0 on this benchmark. GPT-5.1 Mini is 2.6 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average OpenAI model.

Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. GPT-5.1 Mini is 2.3 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 82.4 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 $12.19 per million input tokens, GPT-5.1 Mini is above 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
Claude Haiku 4.5 Reasoning Anthropic 128000 $15.11 81.4
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo Baidu 128000 $13.75 79.7
GLM-4.6 Zhipu AI 128000 $5.10 80.2
Sonar Pro Perplexity 128000 $13.01 79.1
GPT-5.1 Mini OpenAI 128000 $12.19 77.7
DeepSeek-R1 Chat DeepSeek 400000 $5.62 82.4
Doubao 1.5 Pro Reasoning ByteDance 128000 $14.56 81.6

Other benchmarks for GPT-5.1 Mini

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 79.1 205 66th
GPQA Diamond 71.4 231 62th
SWE-bench Verified 66.3 184 69th
HumanEval 80.5 219 64th
MATH-500 79.9 210 65th
AIME 2025 71.5 226 62th
LiveCodeBench 71.0 172 71th
IFEval 86.8 138 77th
HellaSwag 88.8 118 80th
MMMU 76.6 120 80th
Arena Elo 1422.9 135 78th

FAQ

What score does GPT-5.1 Mini get on TruthfulQA?

GPT-5.1 Mini scores 82.4 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.

How does GPT-5.1 Mini rank on TruthfulQA?

It ranks #120 of 600 models, in the 80th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Is GPT-5.1 Mini 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 GPT-5.1 Mini cost?

GPT-5.1 Mini costs $12.19 per million input tokens and $44.14 per million output tokens.

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