Pythia Chat on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
Pythia Chat scores 45.1 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #498 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with Pythia Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 2 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 8 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On LiveCodeBench, Pythia Chat sits at #498 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 40.0 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts Pythia Chat below the midpoint.
EleutherAI models average 38.6 on this benchmark. Pythia Chat is 6.5 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average EleutherAI model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 59.1. Pythia Chat is 14.0 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 45.1 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 $1.31 per million input tokens, Pythia Chat is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. 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 Lambda 8B | Lambda | 4096 | $1.03 | 57.2 |
| Llama 3 Modal 7B | Modal | 4096 | $0.88 | 55.2 |
| Llama 3 Novita 7B | Novita AI | 8192 | $0.92 | 56.3 |
| Mixtral Groq 8B | Groq | 32768 | $0.77 | 54.8 |
| Pythia Chat | EleutherAI | 4096 | $1.31 | 59.1 |
| Llama 3.1 7B | Meta AI | 8192 | $1.01 | 57.4 |
| Command R+ 7B | Cohere | 8192 | $0.95 | 56.2 |
Other benchmarks for Pythia Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 63.5 | 483 | 20th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 55.6 | 456 | 24th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 45.6 | 458 | 24th | |
| HumanEval | 61.9 | 470 | 22th | |
| MATH-500 | 59.3 | 474 | 21th | |
| AIME 2025 | 50.8 | 454 | 24th | |
| IFEval | 69.6 | 468 | 22th | |
| TruthfulQA | 66.2 | 442 | 26th | |
| HellaSwag | 72.5 | 487 | 19th | |
| MMMU | 60.1 | 428 | 29th | |
| Arena Elo | 1271.0 | 456 | 24th |
FAQ
What score does Pythia Chat get on LiveCodeBench?
Pythia Chat scores 45.1 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does Pythia Chat rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #498 of 600 models, in the 17th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is Pythia Chat good at LiveCodeBench?
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 LiveCodeBench score calculated?
LiveCodeBench is a coding 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 Chat cost?
Pythia Chat costs $1.31 per million input tokens and $5.35 per million output tokens.