SmolLM3 Chat on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
SmolLM3 Chat scores 63.6 on HumanEval, placing it #454 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HumanEval, with SmolLM3 Chat 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 | Gemini 3 Pro Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.80 | 87.3 |
| 3 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 4 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 8 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
What this score means
On HumanEval, SmolLM3 Chat sits at #454 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 33.2 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts SmolLM3 Chat below the midpoint.
Hugging Face models average 56.7 on this benchmark. SmolLM3 Chat is 6.9 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Hugging Face model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 72.4. SmolLM3 Chat is 8.8 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 63.6 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 $1.61 per million input tokens, SmolLM3 Chat is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HumanEval. 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 3.3 8B | Meta AI | 8192 | $1.26 | 60.1 |
| QwQ 8B | Alibaba Cloud | 16384 | $1.37 | 59.5 |
| GPT-NeoX Instruct | EleutherAI | 16384 | $1.52 | 62.6 |
| Sonar Nano | Perplexity | 4096 | $4.37 | 61.9 |
| SmolLM3 Chat | Hugging Face | 16384 | $1.61 | 62.1 |
| DeepSeek-Coder 8B | DeepSeek | 32768 | $1.26 | 58.7 |
| Magistral 8B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $1.33 | 60.0 |
Other benchmarks for SmolLM3 Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 68.7 | 409 | 32th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 57.5 | 433 | 28th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.4 | 442 | 26th | |
| MATH-500 | 62.0 | 446 | 26th | |
| AIME 2025 | 53.0 | 435 | 28th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 55.0 | 408 | 32th | |
| IFEval | 72.6 | 424 | 29th | |
| TruthfulQA | 66.4 | 439 | 27th | |
| HellaSwag | 76.1 | 427 | 29th | |
| MMMU | 60.3 | 426 | 29th | |
| Arena Elo | 1293.9 | 428 | 29th |
FAQ
What score does SmolLM3 Chat get on HumanEval?
SmolLM3 Chat scores 63.6 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does SmolLM3 Chat rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #454 of 600 models, in the 24th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is SmolLM3 Chat good at HumanEval?
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 HumanEval score calculated?
HumanEval is a coding 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 Chat cost?
SmolLM3 Chat costs $1.61 per million input tokens and $7.69 per million output tokens.