Qwen3-Coder Base on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Qwen3-Coder Base scores 85.5 on HellaSwag, placing it #228 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HellaSwag, with Qwen3-Coder Base 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-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 10 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
What this score means
On HellaSwag, Qwen3-Coder Base sits at #228 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 10.6 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Qwen3-Coder Base above the midpoint.
Alibaba Cloud models average 83.1 on this benchmark. Qwen3-Coder Base is 2.4 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Alibaba Cloud model.
Among coding models, the average is 80.7. Qwen3-Coder Base is 4.8 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 85.5 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 $3.99 per million input tokens, Qwen3-Coder Base is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HellaSwag. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-Text | MiniMax | 32768 | $4.44 | 77.0 |
| Llama 3 DeepInfra | DeepInfra | 128000 | $3.67 | 74.0 |
| Seed-OSS Chat | ByteDance | 65536 | $3.49 | 74.4 |
| GPT-5.1 Nano | OpenAI | 32768 | $9.56 | 74.1 |
| Qwen3-Coder Base | Alibaba Cloud | 200000 | $3.99 | 76.6 |
| Sonar Pro | Perplexity | 65536 | $11.25 | 77.1 |
| Qwen3 Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $4.33 | 77.4 |
Other benchmarks for Qwen3-Coder Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.3 | 235 | 61th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 72.2 | 216 | 64th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 64.0 | 232 | 61th | |
| HumanEval | 78.5 | 282 | 53th | |
| MATH-500 | 82.4 | 156 | 74th | |
| AIME 2025 | 73.7 | 193 | 68th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 68.0 | 227 | 62th | |
| IFEval | 85.7 | 168 | 72th | |
| TruthfulQA | 80.8 | 162 | 73th | |
| MMMU | 73.4 | 208 | 65th | |
| Arena Elo | 1409.2 | 185 | 69th |
FAQ
What score does Qwen3-Coder Base get on HellaSwag?
Qwen3-Coder Base scores 85.5 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Qwen3-Coder Base rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #228 of 600 models, in the 62nd percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Qwen3-Coder Base good at HellaSwag?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the HellaSwag score calculated?
HellaSwag is a commonsense 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 Base cost?
Qwen3-Coder Base costs $3.99 per million input tokens and $18.04 per million output tokens.