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Phi-3.5 Chat on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means

Phi-3.5 Chat scores 72.4 on TruthfulQA, placing it #377 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Score
72.4
0–100 scale
Rank
#377
of 600
Percentile
37th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.6
all models
Leader
91.1
GPT-5.1 Max
Gap to leader
18.7
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Phi-3.5 Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

GPT-5.1 Max 91.1
Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning 90.3
GPT-5.1 Reasoning 90.0
GPT-5.2 Pro 90.0
GPT-5.2 89.7
Gemini 3 Pro Max 89.6
Grok 4 Reasoning 89.4
Qwen3-Max Max 89.3
GPT-5.1 89.2
GPT-5.1 Turbo 89.2

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg 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, Phi-3.5 Chat sits at #377 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 18.7 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Phi-3.5 Chat below the midpoint.

Microsoft models average 67.5 on this benchmark. Phi-3.5 Chat is 4.9 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Microsoft model.

Among open-weight models, the average is 72.3. Phi-3.5 Chat 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 72.4 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 $2.64 per million input tokens, Phi-3.5 Chat 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.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Auto Pro OpenRouter 8192 $8.41 71.2
Firesearch Turbo Fireworks AI 16384 $7.58 69.3
Llama 3 Hyperbolic Base Hyperbolic 32768 $3.02 71.1
OLMo 2 Base Allen Institute for AI 65536 $2.39 67.4
Phi-3.5 Chat Microsoft 16384 $2.64 69.0
Doubao 1.5 Pro Nano ByteDance 16384 $5.78 66.6
Gemini 3 Flash Nano Google DeepMind 32768 $7.56 69.4

Other benchmarks for Phi-3.5 Chat

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 74.4 345 43th
GPQA Diamond 64.9 362 40th
SWE-bench Verified 56.6 372 38th
HumanEval 71.0 389 35th
MATH-500 69.0 388 35th
AIME 2025 64.6 346 42th
LiveCodeBench 62.6 340 43th
IFEval 79.2 352 41th
HellaSwag 80.9 373 38th
MMMU 63.7 393 35th
Arena Elo 1338.0 380 37th

FAQ

What score does Phi-3.5 Chat get on TruthfulQA?

Phi-3.5 Chat scores 72.4 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.

How does Phi-3.5 Chat rank on TruthfulQA?

It ranks #377 of 600 models, in the 37th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Is Phi-3.5 Chat 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 Phi-3.5 Chat cost?

Phi-3.5 Chat costs $2.64 per million input tokens and $12.13 per million output tokens.

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