Zephyr on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
Zephyr scores 65.9 on HumanEval, placing it #432 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 Zephyr 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, Zephyr sits at #432 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 30.9 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts Zephyr below the midpoint.
Hugging Face models average 56.7 on this benchmark. Zephyr is 9.2 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. Zephyr is 6.5 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 65.9 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, Zephyr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Mini | OpenRouter | 4096 | $4.24 | 61.6 |
| Kimi K1.5 8B | Moonshot AI | 8192 | $1.54 | 62.2 |
| Mistral Large 3 7B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $1.44 | 61.1 |
| Reka Flash Nano | Reka AI | 16384 | $3.93 | 61.0 |
| Zephyr | Hugging Face | 8192 | $1.61 | 62.8 |
| MiniMax-M2 8B | MiniMax | 32768 | $1.65 | 61.7 |
| Qwen3 8B | Alibaba Cloud | 8192 | $1.66 | 61.9 |
Other benchmarks for Zephyr
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 68.8 | 408 | 32th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 60.5 | 400 | 33th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 50.3 | 419 | 30th | |
| MATH-500 | 65.3 | 418 | 30th | |
| AIME 2025 | 55.1 | 415 | 31th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 48.7 | 460 | 23th | |
| IFEval | 70.4 | 455 | 24th | |
| TruthfulQA | 67.8 | 417 | 31th | |
| HellaSwag | 76.3 | 423 | 30th | |
| MMMU | 62.2 | 408 | 32th | |
| Arena Elo | 1303.0 | 414 | 31th |
FAQ
What score does Zephyr get on HumanEval?
Zephyr scores 65.9 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does Zephyr rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #432 of 600 models, in the 28th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is Zephyr 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 Zephyr cost?
Zephyr costs $1.61 per million input tokens and $6.84 per million output tokens.