Aria measured on 3 of 15 Vision & Documents benchmarks3
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Legacy · saturated or no longer reported2
No benchmark matches
—per task?
self-host onlyprice
—output speed?
66Kcontext
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
BetterGPT-5.1unstated+56%—$1.25 / $10
OpenSkywork R1V3 38B+38%——Context: 66K → 33K+1Bettero3unstated+51%—$2 / $8
BetterClaude Opus 4.5unstated+47%—$5 / $25dBetterDots.vlm1.instOpen+46%——Memory (4-bit): not verifiedModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GPT-5.1unstated+56%—$1.25 / $10o3unstated+51%—$2 / $8Claude Opus 4.5unstated+47%—$5 / $25dDots.vlm1.instOpen+46%——Memory (4-bit): not verified
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (May' 25)unstated+45%——No image input
Run it yourself
estimateFits on✗ 8 GB (phone, laptop)✓ 16 GB · compressed✓ 24 GB GPU · compressed✓ 48 GB GPU · 8-bit✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Vision & DocumentsMMMU · validation54.9#28
Video-MME 1 · without subtitles/audio67.6#1
Video-MME 1 · with subtitles/audio72.1#1
VideoMMMUlab50.8
FAQ
How much does Aria cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Aria free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Aria, and what is it best at?›
#28 of 41 in Vision & Documents.
Is Aria better than Eagle2.5 8B?›
On MMMU · validation, Aria scores 54.9 vs 55.8 — about the same.
What is the context window of Aria?›
66K tokens.
When was Aria released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2024-09-26. It is the current version in its line.
Is Aria open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Aria locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Aria read images?›
It accepts text and images as input.
What is Aria?›
Aria is an open-weights language model from rhymes-ai, released Sep 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Aria?›
GPT-5.1 (better), Skywork R1V3 38B (open weights).