Pythia Chat on MATH-500: score, rank and what it means
Pythia Chat scores 59.3 on MATH-500, placing it #474 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 72.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.7.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MATH-500, with Pythia Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 4 | o4 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.5 Turbo | Anthropic | 2000000 | $19.57 | 85.7 |
What this score means
On MATH-500, Pythia Chat sits at #474 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.7, so the gap to the top is 37.4 points. The median model in this index scores 76.0, which puts Pythia Chat below the midpoint.
EleutherAI models average 52.0 on this benchmark. Pythia Chat is 7.3 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average EleutherAI model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 70.8. Pythia Chat is 11.5 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 59.3 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 $1.31 per million input tokens, Pythia Chat is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MATH-500. 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 Modal 8B | Modal | 32768 | $0.98 | 56.6 |
| Firesearch Mini | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $3.94 | 61.5 |
| Magistral 8B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $1.33 | 60.0 |
| DeepSeek-Coder 8B | DeepSeek | 32768 | $1.26 | 58.7 |
| Pythia Chat | EleutherAI | 4096 | $1.31 | 59.1 |
| Llama 3 Novita 8B | Novita AI | 16384 | $0.99 | 55.5 |
| 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 | |
| AIME 2025 | 50.8 | 454 | 24th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 45.1 | 498 | 17th | |
| 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 MATH-500?
Pythia Chat scores 59.3 on MATH-500 in this index. The benchmark average is 72.5 and the top score is 96.7.
How does Pythia Chat rank on MATH-500?
It ranks #474 of 600 models, in the 21st percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.7.
Is Pythia Chat good at MATH-500?
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 MATH-500 score calculated?
MATH-500 is a mathematics 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.