Molmo 8B on MMMU: score, rank and what it means
Molmo 8B scores 50.4 on MMMU, placing it #549 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 67.1 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 86.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMMU, with Molmo 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 5 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Pro | xAI | 1000000 | $19.00 | 85.4 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 8 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 1000000 | $18.73 | 86.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 10 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
What this score means
On MMMU, Molmo 8B sits at #549 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 86.9, so the gap to the top is 36.5 points. The median model in this index scores 70.0, which puts Molmo 8B below the midpoint.
Allen Institute for AI models average 58.5 on this benchmark. Molmo 8B is 8.1 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Allen Institute for AI model.
Among small open-weight models, the average is 52.4. Molmo 8B is 2.0 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 50.4 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 $0.44 per million input tokens, Molmo 8B is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on MMMU. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemotron 4 1.5B | NVIDIA | 32768 | $0.49 | 50.8 |
| Mistral Small 3 7B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $0.89 | 55.2 |
| Llama 3 Modal 1.5B | Modal | 4096 | $0.42 | 49.7 |
| Seed-OSS 1.5B | ByteDance | 4096 | $0.45 | 49.8 |
| Molmo 8B | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $0.44 | 49.9 |
| OLMo 2 8B | Allen Institute for AI | 4096 | $0.64 | 52.5 |
| Mixtral Groq 7B | Groq | 4096 | $0.70 | 53.4 |
Other benchmarks for Molmo 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 55.7 | 569 | 5th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.9 | 540 | 10th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 33.6 | 567 | 6th | |
| HumanEval | 54.0 | 549 | 9th | |
| MATH-500 | 49.2 | 560 | 7th | |
| AIME 2025 | 35.5 | 564 | 6th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 35.6 | 568 | 5th | |
| IFEval | 60.2 | 572 | 5th | |
| TruthfulQA | 58.2 | 545 | 9th | |
| HellaSwag | 69.1 | 545 | 9th | |
| Arena Elo | 1186.2 | 568 | 5th |
FAQ
What score does Molmo 8B get on MMMU?
Molmo 8B scores 50.4 on MMMU in this index. The benchmark average is 67.1 and the top score is 86.9.
How does Molmo 8B rank on MMMU?
It ranks #549 of 600 models, in the 9th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 86.9.
Is Molmo 8B good at MMMU?
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 MMMU score calculated?
MMMU is a multimodal 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 Molmo 8B cost?
Molmo 8B costs $0.44 per million input tokens and $2.29 per million output tokens.