Seed-OSS Instruct on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Seed-OSS Instruct scores 79.3 on TruthfulQA, placing it #207 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Seed-OSS Instruct highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Qwen3-Max Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.53 | 85.9 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.01 | 86.0 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
What this score means
On TruthfulQA, Seed-OSS Instruct sits at #207 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 11.8 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Seed-OSS Instruct above the midpoint.
ByteDance models average 75.2 on this benchmark. Seed-OSS Instruct is 4.1 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average ByteDance model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Seed-OSS Instruct is 0.8 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 79.3 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 $3.79 per million input tokens, Seed-OSS Instruct is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on TruthfulQA. 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 Hyperbolic Instruct | Hyperbolic | 200000 | $3.79 | 76.2 |
| Hunyuan-Turbo Turbo | Tencent | 65536 | $11.60 | 77.4 |
| Llama 3 Baseten Instruct | Baseten | 200000 | $3.91 | 76.2 |
| Reka Core Reasoning | Reka AI | 32768 | $13.11 | 78.5 |
| Seed-OSS Instruct | ByteDance | 128000 | $3.79 | 76.0 |
| Sonar Pro Pro | Perplexity | 200000 | $13.59 | 79.7 |
| Codestral Chat | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.89 | 75.8 |
Other benchmarks for Seed-OSS Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.5 | 226 | 62th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 72.3 | 215 | 64th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 63.3 | 249 | 59th | |
| HumanEval | 80.2 | 228 | 62th | |
| MATH-500 | 81.2 | 187 | 69th | |
| AIME 2025 | 71.2 | 233 | 61th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 65.4 | 287 | 52th | |
| IFEval | 82.8 | 252 | 58th | |
| HellaSwag | 87.2 | 169 | 72th | |
| MMMU | 74.5 | 170 | 72th | |
| Arena Elo | 1400.9 | 206 | 66th |
FAQ
What score does Seed-OSS Instruct get on TruthfulQA?
Seed-OSS Instruct scores 79.3 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Seed-OSS Instruct rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #207 of 600 models, in the 66th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Seed-OSS Instruct good at TruthfulQA?
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 TruthfulQA score calculated?
TruthfulQA is a safety 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 Seed-OSS Instruct cost?
Seed-OSS Instruct costs $3.79 per million input tokens and $20.28 per million output tokens.