SmolLM3 Base on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means
SmolLM3 Base scores 63.7 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #480 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 SmolLM3 Base 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, SmolLM3 Base sits at #480 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 27.9 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts SmolLM3 Base below the midpoint.
Hugging Face models average 60.1 on this benchmark. SmolLM3 Base is 3.6 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Hugging Face model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 72.1. SmolLM3 Base is 8.4 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 63.7 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 $1.38 per million input tokens, SmolLM3 Base 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V3.2 1.5B | DeepSeek | 4096 | $1.02 | 56.9 |
| GPT-NeoX Chat | EleutherAI | 16384 | $1.49 | 60.1 |
| Llama 3 Lambda 8B | Lambda | 4096 | $1.03 | 57.2 |
| Llama 3.1 Turbo 8B | Together AI | 32768 | $1.16 | 58.8 |
| SmolLM3 Base | Hugging Face | 16384 | $1.38 | 60.4 |
| Llama 3 Baseten 8B | Baseten | 4096 | $1.02 | 57.0 |
| Llama 3 DeepInfra 7B | DeepInfra | 16384 | $0.95 | 55.6 |
Other benchmarks for SmolLM3 Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 55.0 | 464 | 23th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 45.5 | 461 | 23th | |
| HumanEval | 63.2 | 457 | 24th | |
| MATH-500 | 60.1 | 463 | 23th | |
| AIME 2025 | 54.8 | 416 | 31th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 52.5 | 420 | 30th | |
| IFEval | 71.3 | 437 | 27th | |
| TruthfulQA | 65.7 | 450 | 25th | |
| HellaSwag | 73.6 | 464 | 23th | |
| MMMU | 59.4 | 435 | 28th | |
| Arena Elo | 1280.0 | 446 | 26th |
FAQ
What score does SmolLM3 Base get on MMLU-Pro?
SmolLM3 Base scores 63.7 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.
How does SmolLM3 Base rank on MMLU-Pro?
It ranks #480 of 600 models, in the 20th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Is SmolLM3 Base 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 SmolLM3 Base cost?
SmolLM3 Base costs $1.38 per million input tokens and $7.55 per million output tokens.