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GPT-5.1 Reasoning on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means

GPT-5.1 Reasoning scores 90.0 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #6 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.

Score
90.0
0–100 scale
Rank
#6
of 600
Percentile
99th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.5
all models
Leader
91.6
GPT-5.2 Pro
Gap to leader
1.6
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on MMLU-Pro, with GPT-5.1 Reasoning highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

GPT-5.2 Pro 91.6
GPT-5.1 Max 91.3
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro 91.2
Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning 90.7
Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning 90.1
GPT-5.1 Reasoning 90.0
GPT-5.2 89.9
Claude Opus 4.5 Max 89.5
GPT-5.2 Vision 89.5
Gemini 3 Pro Max 89.5

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
1 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI 2000000 $21.32 89.6
2 GPT-5.1 Max OpenAI 2000000 $20.50 87.9
3 Claude Opus 4.5 Pro Anthropic 200000 $20.98 89.1
4 Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning Anthropic 2000000 $20.91 88.2
5 Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning Google DeepMind 200000 $19.69 87.5
6 GPT-5.1 Reasoning OpenAI 400000 $20.27 88.3
7 GPT-5.2 OpenAI 2000000 $19.71 88.0
8 Claude Opus 4.5 Max Anthropic 1000000 $20.90 87.8
9 GPT-5.2 Vision OpenAI 1000000 $19.03 87.4
10 Gemini 3 Pro Max Google DeepMind 2000000 $20.57 87.9

What this score means

On MMLU-Pro, GPT-5.1 Reasoning sits at #6 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 1.6 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts GPT-5.1 Reasoning above the midpoint.

OpenAI models average 84.4 on this benchmark. GPT-5.1 Reasoning is 5.6 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average OpenAI model.

Among frontier models, the average is 86.9. GPT-5.1 Reasoning is 3.1 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 90.0 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 $20.27 per million input tokens, GPT-5.1 Reasoning is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMLU-Pro. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
GPT-5.1 Max OpenAI 2000000 $20.50 87.9
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro Anthropic 200000 $20.98 89.1
Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning Anthropic 2000000 $20.91 88.2
Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning Google DeepMind 200000 $19.69 87.5
GPT-5.1 Reasoning OpenAI 400000 $20.27 88.3
GPT-5.2 OpenAI 2000000 $19.71 88.0
Claude Opus 4.5 Max Anthropic 1000000 $20.90 87.8

Other benchmarks for GPT-5.1 Reasoning

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
GPQA Diamond 85.6 4 99th
SWE-bench Verified 76.0 30 95th
HumanEval 92.9 10 98th
MATH-500 95.9 2 100th
AIME 2025 85.0 39 94th
LiveCodeBench 80.9 33 95th
IFEval 94.6 8 99th
TruthfulQA 90.0 3 100th
HellaSwag 94.4 9 99th
MMMU 86.2 2 100th
Arena Elo 1485.9 14 98th

FAQ

What score does GPT-5.1 Reasoning get on MMLU-Pro?

GPT-5.1 Reasoning scores 90.0 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.

How does GPT-5.1 Reasoning rank on MMLU-Pro?

It ranks #6 of 600 models, in the 99th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.

Is GPT-5.1 Reasoning good at MMLU-Pro?

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 MMLU-Pro score calculated?

MMLU-Pro is a knowledge 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 Reasoning cost?

GPT-5.1 Reasoning costs $20.27 per million input tokens and $82.11 per million output tokens.

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