Molmo Instruct on MMMU: score, rank and what it means
Molmo Instruct scores 65.7 on MMMU, placing it #375 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 Instruct 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 Instruct sits at #375 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 86.9, so the gap to the top is 21.2 points. The median model in this index scores 70.0, which puts Molmo Instruct below the midpoint.
Allen Institute for AI models average 58.5 on this benchmark. Molmo Instruct is 7.2 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 65.1. Molmo Instruct is 0.6 points above 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 $2.53 per million input tokens, Molmo Instruct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefunction Turbo | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $8.44 | 70.7 |
| ERNIE 4.0 Mini | Baidu | 32768 | $7.11 | 68.8 |
| Llama 3 Replicate Base | Replicate | 65536 | $3.15 | 72.1 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano | Google DeepMind | 32768 | $7.28 | 69.2 |
| Molmo Instruct | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.53 | 68.3 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet Nano | Anthropic | 65536 | $6.93 | 68.9 |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 8B | DeepSeek | 32768 | $2.02 | 66.2 |
Other benchmarks for Molmo Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 74.7 | 341 | 43th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 61.4 | 395 | 34th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.4 | 364 | 39th | |
| HumanEval | 74.6 | 351 | 42th | |
| MATH-500 | 68.5 | 393 | 35th | |
| AIME 2025 | 62.2 | 375 | 38th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 57.8 | 391 | 35th | |
| IFEval | 75.9 | 390 | 35th | |
| TruthfulQA | 73.6 | 364 | 39th | |
| HellaSwag | 79.5 | 387 | 36th | |
| Arena Elo | 1350.5 | 363 | 40th |
FAQ
What score does Molmo Instruct get on MMMU?
Molmo Instruct scores 65.7 on MMMU in this index. The benchmark average is 67.1 and the top score is 86.9.
How does Molmo Instruct rank on MMMU?
It ranks #375 of 600 models, in the 38th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 86.9.
Is Molmo Instruct 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 Instruct cost?
Molmo Instruct costs $2.53 per million input tokens and $9.23 per million output tokens.