o4 on GPQA Diamond: score, rank and what it means
o4 scores 82.3 on GPQA Diamond, placing it #27 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 o4 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, o4 sits at #27 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Reasoning, scores 87.0, so the gap to the top is 4.7 points. The median model in this index scores 68.8, which puts o4 above the midpoint.
OpenAI models average 78.4 on this benchmark. o4 is 3.9 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average OpenAI model.
Among frontier models, the average is 81.5. o4 is 0.8 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 82.3 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 $17.74 per million input tokens, o4 is above 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $17.84 | 86.0 |
| Grok 4 | xAI | 200000 | $17.90 | 86.5 |
| GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.01 | 86.0 |
| Qwen3-Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $17.37 | 84.4 |
| o4 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $17.74 | 85.4 |
| GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
Other benchmarks for o4
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 85.3 | 59 | 90th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.8 | 43 | 93th | |
| HumanEval | 89.6 | 56 | 91th | |
| MATH-500 | 90.5 | 44 | 93th | |
| AIME 2025 | 85.3 | 36 | 94th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 81.4 | 29 | 95th | |
| IFEval | 92.8 | 23 | 96th | |
| TruthfulQA | 85.0 | 65 | 89th | |
| HellaSwag | 91.0 | 63 | 90th | |
| MMMU | 80.9 | 45 | 93th | |
| Arena Elo | 1469.4 | 33 | 95th |
FAQ
What score does o4 get on GPQA Diamond?
o4 scores 82.3 on GPQA Diamond in this index. The benchmark average is 65.6 and the top score is 87.0.
How does o4 rank on GPQA Diamond?
It ranks #27 of 600 models, in the 96th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Reasoning at 87.0.
Is o4 good at GPQA Diamond?
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 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 o4 cost?
o4 costs $17.74 per million input tokens and $66.00 per million output tokens.