OLMo 2 8B on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
OLMo 2 8B scores 60.0 on TruthfulQA, placing it #530 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 OLMo 2 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, OLMo 2 8B sits at #530 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 31.1 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts OLMo 2 8B below the midpoint.
Allen Institute for AI models average 65.5 on this benchmark. OLMo 2 8B is 5.5 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Allen Institute for AI model.
Among small open-weight models, the average is 59.9. OLMo 2 8B is 0.1 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 60.0 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 $0.64 per million input tokens, OLMo 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3 Novita 8B | Novita AI | 16384 | $0.99 | 55.5 |
| Phi-4 7B | Microsoft | 8192 | $0.91 | 56.8 |
| Mistral Large 3 1.5B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $0.82 | 55.4 |
| Mixtral Groq 7B | Groq | 4096 | $0.70 | 53.4 |
| OLMo 2 8B | Allen Institute for AI | 4096 | $0.64 | 52.5 |
| Mixtral 7B | Mistral AI | 16384 | $0.70 | 54.1 |
| Qwen3-Coder 1.5B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $0.76 | 52.8 |
Other benchmarks for OLMo 2 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 58.6 | 543 | 10th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 50.5 | 518 | 14th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 39.4 | 527 | 12th | |
| HumanEval | 53.9 | 550 | 8th | |
| MATH-500 | 51.0 | 548 | 9th | |
| AIME 2025 | 41.2 | 536 | 11th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 39.0 | 543 | 10th | |
| IFEval | 61.8 | 556 | 7th | |
| HellaSwag | 71.3 | 515 | 14th | |
| MMMU | 50.3 | 550 | 8th | |
| Arena Elo | 1212.1 | 541 | 10th |
FAQ
What score does OLMo 2 8B get on TruthfulQA?
OLMo 2 8B scores 60.0 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does OLMo 2 8B rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #530 of 600 models, in the 12th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is OLMo 2 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 OLMo 2 8B cost?
OLMo 2 8B costs $0.64 per million input tokens and $3.18 per million output tokens.