SmolLM3 Base on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
SmolLM3 Base scores 65.7 on TruthfulQA, placing it #450 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 SmolLM3 Base 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, SmolLM3 Base sits at #450 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 25.4 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts SmolLM3 Base below the midpoint.
Hugging Face models average 59.1 on this benchmark. SmolLM3 Base is 6.6 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Hugging Face model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 72.3. SmolLM3 Base is 6.6 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 65.7 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 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 4 Scout 8B | Meta AI | 8192 | $1.46 | 61.2 |
| Qwen3 7B | Alibaba Cloud | 32768 | $1.37 | 59.8 |
| Yi-Lightning 8B | 01.AI | 4096 | $1.16 | 59.2 |
| Mistral Large 3 8B | Mistral AI | 16384 | $1.62 | 61.6 |
| SmolLM3 Base | Hugging Face | 16384 | $1.38 | 60.4 |
| GLM-4.6 7B | Zhipu AI | 16384 | $1.52 | 61.8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick 7B | Meta AI | 4096 | $1.52 | 61.9 |
Other benchmarks for SmolLM3 Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 63.7 | 480 | 20th | |
| 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 | |
| HellaSwag | 73.6 | 464 | 23th | |
| MMMU | 59.4 | 435 | 28th | |
| Arena Elo | 1280.0 | 446 | 26th |
FAQ
What score does SmolLM3 Base get on TruthfulQA?
SmolLM3 Base scores 65.7 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does SmolLM3 Base rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #450 of 600 models, in the 25th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is SmolLM3 Base good at TruthfulQA?
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 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 SmolLM3 Base cost?
SmolLM3 Base costs $1.38 per million input tokens and $7.55 per million output tokens.