MiniMax-Text 8B on GPQA Diamond: score, rank and what it means
MiniMax-Text 8B scores 56.7 on GPQA Diamond, placing it #444 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 65.6 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Reasoning at 87.0.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on GPQA Diamond, with MiniMax-Text 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 7 | o4 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.34 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $19.90 | 87.2 |
What this score means
On GPQA Diamond, MiniMax-Text 8B sits at #444 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Reasoning, scores 87.0, so the gap to the top is 30.3 points. The median model in this index scores 68.8, which puts MiniMax-Text 8B below the midpoint.
MiniMax models average 65.1 on this benchmark. MiniMax-Text 8B is 8.4 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average MiniMax model.
Among small open-weight models, the average is 49.3. MiniMax-Text 8B is 7.4 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 56.7 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 $1.22 per million input tokens, MiniMax-Text 8B is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on GPQA Diamond. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2 7B | Moonshot AI | 16384 | $1.72 | 62.7 |
| Nova Lite Nano | Amazon | 8192 | $3.29 | 59.5 |
| MiniMax-M2 8B | MiniMax | 32768 | $1.65 | 61.7 |
| Llama 3.1 Turbo 8B | Together AI | 32768 | $1.16 | 58.8 |
| MiniMax-Text 8B | MiniMax | 4096 | $1.22 | 59.5 |
| Zephyr Chat | Hugging Face | 4096 | $1.49 | 61.3 |
| Hunyuan-Large 7B | Tencent | 32768 | $1.08 | 57.7 |
Other benchmarks for MiniMax-Text 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 63.9 | 473 | 21th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 46.1 | 452 | 25th | |
| HumanEval | 61.0 | 491 | 18th | |
| MATH-500 | 58.0 | 491 | 18th | |
| AIME 2025 | 50.4 | 457 | 24th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 48.7 | 459 | 24th | |
| IFEval | 69.8 | 465 | 23th | |
| TruthfulQA | 66.7 | 434 | 28th | |
| HellaSwag | 74.6 | 448 | 25th | |
| MMMU | 58.4 | 451 | 25th | |
| Arena Elo | 1281.0 | 442 | 26th |
FAQ
What score does MiniMax-Text 8B get on GPQA Diamond?
MiniMax-Text 8B scores 56.7 on GPQA Diamond in this index. The benchmark average is 65.6 and the top score is 87.0.
How does MiniMax-Text 8B rank on GPQA Diamond?
It ranks #444 of 600 models, in the 26th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Reasoning at 87.0.
Is MiniMax-Text 8B good at GPQA Diamond?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the GPQA Diamond score calculated?
GPQA Diamond is a reasoning 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 MiniMax-Text 8B cost?
MiniMax-Text 8B costs $1.22 per million input tokens and $5.08 per million output tokens.