Pythia Base on GPQA Diamond: score, rank and what it means
Pythia Base scores 51.0 on GPQA Diamond, placing it #510 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 Pythia Base 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, Pythia Base sits at #510 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Reasoning, scores 87.0, so the gap to the top is 36.0 points. The median model in this index scores 68.8, which puts Pythia Base below the midpoint.
EleutherAI models average 47.3 on this benchmark. Pythia Base is 3.7 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average EleutherAI model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 63.6. Pythia Base is 12.6 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 51.0 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 $0.99 per million input tokens, Pythia Base is below 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixtral Turbo 8B | Together AI | 4096 | $0.75 | 54.1 |
| Llama 3 Modal 7B | Modal | 4096 | $0.88 | 55.2 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | Meta AI | 8192 | $1.15 | 58.7 |
| QwQ 7B | Alibaba Cloud | 8192 | $1.11 | 58.1 |
| Pythia Base | EleutherAI | 16384 | $0.99 | 55.9 |
| Llama 3 Replicate 7B | Replicate | 32768 | $0.91 | 56.0 |
| Mixtral Groq 8B | Groq | 32768 | $0.77 | 54.8 |
Other benchmarks for Pythia Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60.5 | 524 | 13th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.3 | 488 | 19th | |
| HumanEval | 59.6 | 509 | 15th | |
| MATH-500 | 55.7 | 512 | 15th | |
| AIME 2025 | 43.9 | 510 | 15th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 45.7 | 492 | 18th | |
| IFEval | 68.7 | 482 | 20th | |
| TruthfulQA | 62.1 | 503 | 16th | |
| HellaSwag | 71.9 | 503 | 16th | |
| MMMU | 52.9 | 521 | 13th | |
| Arena Elo | 1240.6 | 512 | 15th |
FAQ
What score does Pythia Base get on GPQA Diamond?
Pythia Base scores 51.0 on GPQA Diamond in this index. The benchmark average is 65.6 and the top score is 87.0.
How does Pythia Base rank on GPQA Diamond?
It ranks #510 of 600 models, in the 15th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Reasoning at 87.0.
Is Pythia Base good at GPQA Diamond?
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 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 Pythia Base cost?
Pythia Base costs $0.99 per million input tokens and $4.42 per million output tokens.