Molmo Chat on IFEval: score, rank and what it means
Molmo Chat scores 76.1 on IFEval, placing it #387 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on IFEval, with Molmo Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 7 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
| 8 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 10 | o4 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
What this score means
On IFEval, Molmo Chat sits at #387 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Pro, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 20.0 points. The median model in this index scores 81.2, which puts Molmo Chat below the midpoint.
Allen Institute for AI models average 70.3 on this benchmark. Molmo Chat is 5.8 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Allen Institute for AI model.
Among open-weight models, the average is 77.0. Molmo Chat is 0.9 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 76.1 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 $2.40 per million input tokens, Molmo Chat is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on IFEval. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLMo 2 Base | Allen Institute for AI | 65536 | $2.39 | 67.4 |
| Grok 3 Nano | xAI | 8192 | $7.12 | 67.8 |
| Mixtral Groq Base | Groq | 32768 | $2.66 | 68.4 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet Nano | Anthropic | 65536 | $6.93 | 68.9 |
| Molmo Chat | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.40 | 66.7 |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 8B | DeepSeek | 32768 | $2.02 | 66.2 |
| Embed 4 Reasoning | Cohere | 4096 | $5.50 | 65.3 |
Other benchmarks for Molmo Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 74.1 | 350 | 42th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 63.4 | 381 | 37th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 52.9 | 399 | 34th | |
| HumanEval | 70.0 | 393 | 35th | |
| MATH-500 | 68.2 | 398 | 34th | |
| AIME 2025 | 58.1 | 399 | 34th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 58.6 | 382 | 36th | |
| TruthfulQA | 69.9 | 402 | 33th | |
| HellaSwag | 78.1 | 401 | 33th | |
| MMMU | 64.8 | 382 | 36th | |
| Arena Elo | 1324.4 | 393 | 35th |
FAQ
What score does Molmo Chat get on IFEval?
Molmo Chat scores 76.1 on IFEval in this index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Molmo Chat rank on IFEval?
It ranks #387 of 600 models, in the 36th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.
Is Molmo Chat good at IFEval?
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 IFEval score calculated?
IFEval is a instruction following 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 Chat cost?
Molmo Chat costs $2.40 per million input tokens and $10.86 per million output tokens.