Nemotron Nano on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Nemotron Nano scores 68.8 on TruthfulQA, placing it #406 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 Nemotron Nano 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, Nemotron Nano sits at #406 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 22.3 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Nemotron Nano below the midpoint.
NVIDIA models average 67.4 on this benchmark. Nemotron Nano is 1.4 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average NVIDIA model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 72.3. Nemotron Nano is 3.5 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 68.8 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 $2.24 per million input tokens, Nemotron Nano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molmo Chat | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.40 | 66.7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick 8B | Meta AI | 4096 | $1.64 | 63.4 |
| Kimi K2 8B | Moonshot AI | 8192 | $1.86 | 64.7 |
| ERNIE 4.5 Nano | Baidu | 32768 | $6.01 | 65.6 |
| Nemotron Nano | NVIDIA | 8192 | $2.24 | 66.6 |
| Nemotron Nano Base | NVIDIA | 8192 | $1.85 | 65.0 |
| StableLM 2 | Stability AI | 8192 | $1.91 | 65.0 |
Other benchmarks for Nemotron Nano
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.5 | 393 | 35th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.1 | 357 | 41th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.1 | 392 | 35th | |
| HumanEval | 69.7 | 399 | 34th | |
| MATH-500 | 68.4 | 395 | 34th | |
| AIME 2025 | 60.2 | 387 | 36th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 58.3 | 385 | 36th | |
| IFEval | 74.2 | 402 | 33th | |
| HellaSwag | 78.0 | 402 | 33th | |
| MMMU | 64.8 | 383 | 36th | |
| Arena Elo | 1334.4 | 382 | 36th |
FAQ
What score does Nemotron Nano get on TruthfulQA?
Nemotron Nano scores 68.8 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Nemotron Nano rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #406 of 600 models, in the 32nd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Nemotron Nano 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 Nemotron Nano cost?
Nemotron Nano costs $2.24 per million input tokens and $8.55 per million output tokens.