QwQ Base on MMMU: score, rank and what it means
QwQ Base scores 70.0 on MMMU, placing it #304 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 QwQ Base 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, QwQ Base sits at #304 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 86.9, so the gap to the top is 16.9 points. The median model in this index scores 70.0, which puts QwQ Base below the midpoint.
Alibaba Cloud models average 69.4 on this benchmark. QwQ Base is 0.6 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Alibaba Cloud model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 74.3. QwQ Base is 4.3 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 70.0 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 $3.68 per million input tokens, QwQ Base 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonar | Perplexity | 200000 | $10.57 | 76.0 |
| Auto Turbo | OpenRouter | 65536 | $7.96 | 70.9 |
| Codestral Instruct | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.01 | 75.1 |
| Llama 3 Lambda Instruct | Lambda | 32768 | $3.92 | 75.8 |
| QwQ Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $3.68 | 74.1 |
| Qwen3-Max Mini | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $11.13 | 76.5 |
| Reka Flash Max | Reka AI | 32768 | $11.17 | 75.9 |
Other benchmarks for QwQ Base
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.5 | 263 | 56th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.9 | 268 | 55th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 65.2 | 211 | 65th | |
| HumanEval | 77.0 | 308 | 49th | |
| MATH-500 | 77.5 | 266 | 56th | |
| AIME 2025 | 66.2 | 326 | 46th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 64.0 | 319 | 47th | |
| IFEval | 81.2 | 303 | 50th | |
| TruthfulQA | 79.8 | 190 | 68th | |
| HellaSwag | 86.4 | 201 | 67th | |
| Arena Elo | 1373.8 | 300 | 50th |
FAQ
What score does QwQ Base get on MMMU?
QwQ Base scores 70.0 on MMMU in this index. The benchmark average is 67.1 and the top score is 86.9.
How does QwQ Base rank on MMMU?
It ranks #304 of 600 models, in the 49th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 86.9.
Is QwQ Base 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 QwQ Base cost?
QwQ Base costs $3.68 per million input tokens and $15.98 per million output tokens.