MiniMax-Text 8B on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
MiniMax-Text 8B scores 66.7 on TruthfulQA, placing it #434 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with MiniMax-Text 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg 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, MiniMax-Text 8B sits at #434 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 24.4 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts MiniMax-Text 8B below the midpoint.
MiniMax models average 72.7 on this benchmark. MiniMax-Text 8B is 6.0 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average MiniMax model.
Among small open-weight models, the average is 59.9. MiniMax-Text 8B is 6.8 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 66.7 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 TruthfulQA. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-NeoX Base | EleutherAI | 16384 | $1.22 | 59.7 |
| Kimi K1.5 8B | Moonshot AI | 8192 | $1.54 | 62.2 |
| StableLM 2 Base | Stability AI | 8192 | $1.49 | 61.9 |
| Embed 4 Pro | Cohere | 4096 | $5.05 | 63.5 |
| MiniMax-Text 8B | MiniMax | 4096 | $1.22 | 59.5 |
| Pythia Instruct | EleutherAI | 8192 | $1.41 | 60.8 |
| Firesearch Mini | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $3.94 | 61.5 |
Other benchmarks for MiniMax-Text 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 63.9 | 473 | 21th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 56.7 | 444 | 26th | |
| 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 | |
| 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 TruthfulQA?
MiniMax-Text 8B scores 66.7 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does MiniMax-Text 8B rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #434 of 600 models, in the 28th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is MiniMax-Text 8B good at TruthfulQA?
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 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 MiniMax-Text 8B cost?
MiniMax-Text 8B costs $1.22 per million input tokens and $5.08 per million output tokens.