Grok 3 Turbo on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
Grok 3 Turbo scores 86.8 on HumanEval, placing it #93 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HumanEval, with Grok 3 Turbo highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.80 | 87.3 |
| 3 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 4 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 8 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
What this score means
On HumanEval, Grok 3 Turbo sits at #93 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 10.0 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts Grok 3 Turbo above the midpoint.
xAI models average 86.6 on this benchmark. Grok 3 Turbo is 0.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average xAI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 82.2. Grok 3 Turbo is 4.6 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 86.8 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 $15.97 per million input tokens, Grok 3 Turbo is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HumanEval. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $5.04 | 80.3 |
| ERNIE 4.5 Pro | Baidu | 1000000 | $13.89 | 80.5 |
| Gemini 3 Flash Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 128000 | $17.05 | 83.7 |
| GPT-4.1 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $14.88 | 82.0 |
| Grok 3 Turbo | xAI | 128000 | $15.97 | 83.1 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 128000 | $16.81 | 83.8 |
| MiniMax-M2 Instruct | MiniMax | 128000 | $5.11 | 79.4 |
Other benchmarks for Grok 3 Turbo
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.7 | 88 | 85th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 79.1 | 71 | 88th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.4 | 88 | 85th | |
| MATH-500 | 85.6 | 99 | 84th | |
| AIME 2025 | 83.1 | 53 | 91th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 76.4 | 78 | 87th | |
| IFEval | 90.7 | 61 | 90th | |
| TruthfulQA | 86.0 | 51 | 92th | |
| HellaSwag | 90.2 | 81 | 87th | |
| MMMU | 81.3 | 41 | 93th | |
| Arena Elo | 1438.4 | 101 | 83th |
FAQ
What score does Grok 3 Turbo get on HumanEval?
Grok 3 Turbo scores 86.8 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does Grok 3 Turbo rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #93 of 600 models, in the 85th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is Grok 3 Turbo good at HumanEval?
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 HumanEval score calculated?
HumanEval is a coding 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 Grok 3 Turbo cost?
Grok 3 Turbo costs $15.97 per million input tokens and $70.13 per million output tokens.