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Grok 3 Turbo on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means

Grok 3 Turbo scores 86.0 on TruthfulQA, placing it #51 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Score
86.0
0–100 scale
Rank
#51
of 600
Percentile
92th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.6
all models
Leader
91.1
GPT-5.1 Max
Gap to leader
5.1
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Grok 3 Turbo 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, Grok 3 Turbo sits at #51 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 5.1 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Grok 3 Turbo above the midpoint.

xAI models average 83.3 on this benchmark. Grok 3 Turbo is 2.7 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average xAI model.

Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Grok 3 Turbo is 5.9 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 86.0 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 $15.97 per million input tokens, Grok 3 Turbo 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 3.7 Sonnet Reasoning Anthropic 128000 $16.30 83.7
Gemini 3 Flash Pro Google DeepMind 400000 $17.71 84.8
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Pro Anthropic 1000000 $18.73 86.7
Claude 3.7 Sonnet Pro Anthropic 128000 $16.07 83.3
Grok 3 Turbo xAI 128000 $15.97 83.1
Grok 4 Pro xAI 1000000 $19.00 85.4
Gemini 2.5 Pro Turbo Google DeepMind 1000000 $16.32 83.9

Other benchmarks for Grok 3 Turbo

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 83.7 88 85th
GPQA Diamond 79.1 71 88th
SWE-bench Verified 71.4 88 85th
HumanEval 86.8 93 85th
MATH-500 85.6 99 84th
AIME 2025 83.1 53 91th
LiveCodeBench 76.4 78 87th
IFEval 90.7 61 90th
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 TruthfulQA?

Grok 3 Turbo scores 86.0 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.

How does Grok 3 Turbo rank on TruthfulQA?

It ranks #51 of 600 models, in the 92nd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Is Grok 3 Turbo 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 Grok 3 Turbo cost?

Grok 3 Turbo costs $15.97 per million input tokens and $70.13 per million output tokens.

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