Benchmark Almanac

MM-BrowseComp

GPT-5 24.3% leads since August 2025
MiMo-V2-Omni 52% leads since March 2026
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Browsing agents answer 400 hand-written questions whose evidence sits in web images and videos. Each question has a checklist for analysis of the reasoning path.

Accepted to EMNLP 2026. The paper evaluates 27 models.

Released
August 2025
Kind
Deep research
Level
Expert
Scored
Checked automatically
Answers
Short answer
Strongest model tested
Gemini 3 Pro #55 on the capability index
Last in a launch post
June 2026, dropped before it saturated
Last model added
June 2026
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026

In the authors’ words

AI agents with advanced reasoning and tool-use capabilities have demonstrated impressive performance in web browsing for deep search. However, existing benchmarks such as BrowseComp primarily focus on textual content, overlooking the prevalence of multimodal content. To bridge this gap, we introduce MM-BrowseComp, a novel benchmark comprising 400 challenging, hand-crafted questions designed to evaluate multimodal retrieval and reasoning capabilities. Unlike prior work, MM-BrowseComp incorporates visual prompts and necessitates the extraction of key evidence from web images and videos to complete questions, rendering text-only approaches insufficient. Additionally, we provide a verified checklist for each question, enabling fine-grained analysis of multimodal dependencies and reasoning paths. Our comprehensive evaluation of 27 state-of-the-art models reveals that even leading models like GPT-5-High with tools achieve only 24.25% accuracy, highlighting the suboptimal multimodal browsing capabilities, establishing MM-BrowseComp as a rigorous new standard for the field.

Abstract of MM-BrowseComp: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Multimodal Browsing Agents (arXiv:2508.13186, CC0)
18
Entries on its own leaderboard, 11 models we track
5
Launch posts list it, from 4 labs
2
System cards report it, from 1 lab

GPT-5 leads with 24.3% among models released by February 2026

Best score per entry from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart. Names in gray aren't in our model list: fine-tunes, agent systems, products and older models. They don't count toward leaders.

MiMo-V2-Omni leads with 52%, claims included

Best score per model from every source, including labs’ own numbers and claims Epoch AI collected from reports and papers. Labs pick their own settings, so a claim can beat an independent run of the same model.

The newest model with a score here came out in February 2026, and nobody has tested a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

  1. 1 GPT-5 tools on; high effort 24.3%
  2. 2 o3 tools on 22.8%
  3. 3 Gemini 3 Pro tools on 18.8%
  4. 4 Gemini 3 Flash tools on 18.5%
  5. 5 o4-mini tools off; high effort 7.00%
  6. 6 Gemini-2.5-Pro (snapshot unspecified) tools on 6.00%
  7. 7 Gemini-2.5-Flash (snapshot unspecified) tools on 5.75%
  8. 8 Qwen3-VL-235B-Thinking tools off 5.00%
  9. 9 GPT-4.1 tools off 4.75%
  10. 10 MiniMax-M2.5 tools off 4.25%
  11. 11 GPT-4o (snapshot unspecified) tools on 4.00%
  12. 12 GLM-5 tools off 3.25%
  13. 13 Llama-4-Maverick-17B-Instruct tools off 2.25%
  14. 14 WebDancer-32B tools on 2.00%
  15. 15 Qwen2.5-VL-72B tools off 1.75%
  16. 16 Qwen2.5-VL-32B tools off 1.00%
  17. 17 GPT-4o-mini (snapshot unspecified) tools off 0.75%
  18. 18 Qwen2.5-VL-7B tools off 0%

Source: Official MM-BrowseComp leaderboard

#EntryScoreSettingDateSource
1 GPT-5 24.3% tools on; high effort Aug 2025 Official leaderboard
2 o3 22.8% tools on Apr 2025 Official leaderboard
3 Gemini 3 Pro 18.8% tools on Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
4 Gemini 3 Flash 18.5% tools on Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
5 o4-mini 7.00% tools off; high effort Apr 2025 Official leaderboard
6 Gemini-2.5-Pro (snapshot unspecified) 6.00% tools on Official leaderboard
7 Gemini-2.5-Flash (snapshot unspecified) 5.75% tools on Official leaderboard
8 Qwen3-VL-235B-Thinking 5.00% tools off Official leaderboard
9 GPT-4.1 4.75% tools off Apr 2025 Official leaderboard
10 MiniMax-M2.5 4.25% tools off Feb 2026 Official leaderboard
11 GPT-4o (snapshot unspecified) 4.00% tools on, Agent-R1 Official leaderboard
12 GLM-5 3.25% tools off Feb 2026 Official leaderboard
13 Llama-4-Maverick-17B-Instruct 2.25% tools off Official leaderboard
14 WebDancer-32B 2.00% tools on, WebDancer Official leaderboard
15 Qwen2.5-VL-72B 1.75% tools off Jan 2025 Official leaderboard
16 Qwen2.5-VL-32B 1.00% tools off Mar 2025 Official leaderboard
17 GPT-4o-mini (snapshot unspecified) 0.75% tools off Official leaderboard
18 Qwen2.5-VL-7B 0% tools off Jan 2025 Official leaderboard
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 MiMo-V2-Omni 52% Mar 2026 Lab model card
2 Seed2.0 Pro 48.8% Feb 2026 Lab model card
3 Seed1.8 46.3% Dec 2025 Lab model card
4 Qwen3.7-Plus 46.3% Jun 2026 Lab model card
5 GPT-5 24.3% tools on; high effort Aug 2025 Official leaderboard
6 o3 22.8% tools on Apr 2025 Official leaderboard
7 Gemini 3 Pro 18.8% tools on Nov 2025 Official leaderboard
8 Gemini 3 Flash 18.5% tools on Dec 2025 Official leaderboard
9 GLM-4.6V 7.60% Dec 2025 Lab model card
10 o4-mini 7.00% tools off; high effort Apr 2025 Official leaderboard
11 GPT-4.1 4.75% tools off Apr 2025 Official leaderboard
12 MiniMax-M2.5 4.25% tools off Feb 2026 Official leaderboard
13 GLM-5 3.25% tools off Feb 2026 Official leaderboard
14 Qwen2.5-VL-72B 1.75% tools off Jan 2025 Official leaderboard
15 Qwen2.5-VL-32B 1.00% tools off Mar 2025 Official leaderboard
16 Qwen2.5-VL-7B 0% tools off Jan 2025 Official leaderboard

Labs report scores for 5 models in their cards. Switch the scores above to rank them together.

More effort adds a median 17 points

Models the leaderboard ran at two or more effort levels. We don’t have enough cost data here to say what the extra effort costs.

Lowest effort to highest, light to dark
GPT-5
tools off; … tools on; h…
24.3%
Gemini 3 Pro
tools off tools on
18.8%
Gemini 3 Flash
tools off tools on
18.5%
o4-mini
tools off
7.00%

Source: Official MM-BrowseComp leaderboard

ModelEffortHarnessScoreCost per taskOutput tokens
GPT-5 tools on; high effort 24.3%
o3 tools on 22.8%
Gemini 3 Pro tools on 18.8%
Gemini 3 Flash tools on 18.5%
Gemini 3 Pro tools off 10%
GPT-5 tools off; high effort 7.75%
o4-mini tools off; high effort 7.00%
Gemini 3 Flash tools off 6.25%
o4-mini tools off 5.75%
GPT-4.1 tools off 4.75%
MiniMax-M2.5 tools off 4.25%
GLM-5 tools off 3.25%
Qwen2.5-VL-72B tools off 1.75%
Qwen2.5-VL-72B tools on Agent-R1 1.75%
Qwen2.5-VL-72B tools on OWL 1.75%
Qwen2.5-VL-72B tools on DeerFlow 1.75%
Qwen2.5-VL-72B tools on WebDancer 1.00%
Qwen2.5-VL-32B tools off 1.00%
Qwen2.5-VL-7B tools off 0%

2 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in August 2025 5 models have held number one with claims included since its release in August 2025

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release. We draw one row each for the benchmark’s own leaderboard and what labs claim in their cards.

OpenAI Z.ai ByteDance Seed Xiaomi Corp
Own leaderboard Not tested since Feb 2026
GPT-5 24.3%
Lab claims Not tested since Jun 2026

Sources: Official MM-BrowseComp leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard Reported by the lab in its model card Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2025 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) MiMo-V2-Omni Seed1.8 GPT-5 o3 GPT-4.1 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2025 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) MiMo-V2-Omni GPT-5

Sources: Official MM-BrowseComp leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Labs headline it less often now, last in June 2026

Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.

Z.ai
ByteDance Seed
Xiaomi Corp
Qwen
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
Jun 1, 2026 Qwen3.7-Plus 46.3 MMBC (with search)
Mar 18, 2026 MiMo-V2-Omni 52 MM-BrowserComp
Feb 14, 2026 Seed2.0 Pro 48.8 MM-BrowseComp
Dec 18, 2025 Seed1.8 46.3 MM-BrowseComp
Dec 8, 2025 GLM-4.6V 7.6 MMBrowseComp

2 system cards report it, from 1 lab

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
Mar 21, 2026 Seed1.8 model card 46.3 MM-BrowseComp (Table 4) Capabilities
Feb 14, 2026 Seed2.0 Pro model card 48.8 MM-BrowseComp (Table 11) Capabilities

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