Qwen3-Coder 8B on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means
Qwen3-Coder 8B scores 67.6 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #423 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMLU-Pro, with Qwen3-Coder 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On MMLU-Pro, Qwen3-Coder 8B sits at #423 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 24.0 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts Qwen3-Coder 8B below the midpoint.
Alibaba Cloud models average 75.9 on this benchmark. Qwen3-Coder 8B is 8.3 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Alibaba Cloud model.
Among coding models, the average is 72.5. Qwen3-Coder 8B is 4.9 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 67.6 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 $1.43 per million input tokens, Qwen3-Coder 8B is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMLU-Pro. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embed 4 | Cohere | 32768 | $4.79 | 63.8 |
| GPT-NeoX Instruct | EleutherAI | 16384 | $1.52 | 62.6 |
| StableLM 2 Base | Stability AI | 8192 | $1.49 | 61.9 |
| GPT-NeoX | EleutherAI | 16384 | $1.57 | 61.7 |
| Qwen3-Coder 8B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $1.43 | 61.3 |
| Firesearch Mini | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $3.94 | 61.5 |
| Llama 4 Scout 8B | Meta AI | 8192 | $1.46 | 61.2 |
Other benchmarks for Qwen3-Coder 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 55.4 | 459 | 24th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 46.0 | 453 | 25th | |
| HumanEval | 64.6 | 446 | 26th | |
| MATH-500 | 63.5 | 430 | 28th | |
| AIME 2025 | 54.4 | 418 | 30th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 52.4 | 423 | 30th | |
| IFEval | 70.1 | 461 | 23th | |
| TruthfulQA | 64.9 | 461 | 23th | |
| HellaSwag | 76.6 | 419 | 30th | |
| MMMU | 58.8 | 444 | 26th | |
| Arena Elo | 1286.5 | 436 | 27th |
FAQ
What score does Qwen3-Coder 8B get on MMLU-Pro?
Qwen3-Coder 8B scores 67.6 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.
How does Qwen3-Coder 8B rank on MMLU-Pro?
It ranks #423 of 600 models, in the 30th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Is Qwen3-Coder 8B good at MMLU-Pro?
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 MMLU-Pro score calculated?
MMLU-Pro is a knowledge 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 Qwen3-Coder 8B cost?
Qwen3-Coder 8B costs $1.43 per million input tokens and $7.30 per million output tokens.