diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py
index dead2edc4fa3..d51a03dfea7e 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from pathlib import PosixPath
 
 import pytest
-from transformers import (AutoModelForImageTextToText,
+from transformers import (AutoModel, AutoModelForImageTextToText,
                           AutoModelForTextToWaveform, AutoModelForVision2Seq)
 
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils import identity
 
-from ....conftest import (IMAGE_ASSETS, HfRunner, ImageTestAssets,
-                          VideoTestAssets, VllmRunner)
+from ....conftest import (IMAGE_ASSETS, AudioTestAssets, HfRunner,
+                          ImageTestAssets, VideoTestAssets, VllmRunner)
 from ....utils import (create_new_process_for_each_test, large_gpu_mark,
                        multi_gpu_marks)
 from ...utils import check_outputs_equal
@@ -158,6 +158,17 @@ VLM_TEST_SETTINGS = {
         image_size_factors=[(), (0.25,), (0.25, 0.25, 0.25), (0.25, 0.2, 0.15)],
         marks=[pytest.mark.core_model, pytest.mark.cpu_model],
     ),
+    "ultravox": VLMTestInfo(
+        models = ["fixie-ai/ultravox-v0_5-llama-3_2-1b"],
+        test_type=VLMTestType.AUDIO,
+        prompt_formatter=lambda audio_prompt: f"<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\n{audio_prompt}<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n", # noqa: E501
+        audio_idx_to_prompt=lambda idx: "<|audio|>",
+        max_model_len=4096,
+        max_num_seqs=2,
+        auto_cls=AutoModel,
+        hf_output_post_proc=model_utils.ultravox_trunc_hf_output,
+        marks=[pytest.mark.core_model, pytest.mark.cpu_model],
+    ),
     #### Extended model tests
     "aria": VLMTestInfo(
         models=["rhymes-ai/Aria"],
@@ -393,7 +404,6 @@ VLM_TEST_SETTINGS = {
                 formatter=lambda vid_prompt: f"<|im_start|>user\n{vid_prompt}<|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant\n",   # noqa: E501
             ),
             limit_mm_per_prompt={"video": 4},
-            runner_mm_key="videos",
         )],
     ),
     "llava_next_video": VLMTestInfo(
@@ -706,6 +716,7 @@ VLM_TEST_SETTINGS = _mark_splits(VLM_TEST_SETTINGS, num_groups=2)
 # - multi-image
 # - image embeddings
 # - video
+# - audio
 # - custom inputs
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model_type,test_case",
@@ -803,6 +814,28 @@ def test_video_models(model_type: str, test_case: ExpandableVLMTestArgs,
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "model_type,test_case",
+    get_parametrized_options(
+        VLM_TEST_SETTINGS,
+        test_type=VLMTestType.AUDIO,
+        create_new_process_for_each_test=False,
+    ))
+def test_audio_models(model_type: str, test_case: ExpandableVLMTestArgs,
+                      hf_runner: type[HfRunner], vllm_runner: type[VllmRunner],
+                      audio_assets: AudioTestAssets, monkeypatch):
+    if model_type in REQUIRES_V0_MODELS:
+        monkeypatch.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "0")
+    model_test_info = VLM_TEST_SETTINGS[model_type]
+    runners.run_audio_test(
+        model_test_info=model_test_info,
+        test_case=test_case,
+        hf_runner=hf_runner,
+        vllm_runner=vllm_runner,
+        audio_assets=audio_assets,
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model_type,test_case",
     get_parametrized_options(
@@ -930,6 +963,29 @@ def test_video_models_heavy(model_type: str, test_case: ExpandableVLMTestArgs,
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "model_type,test_case",
+    get_parametrized_options(
+        VLM_TEST_SETTINGS,
+        test_type=VLMTestType.AUDIO,
+        create_new_process_for_each_test=True,
+    ))
+def test_audio_models_heavy(model_type: str, test_case: ExpandableVLMTestArgs,
+                            hf_runner: type[HfRunner],
+                            vllm_runner: type[VllmRunner],
+                            audio_assets: AudioTestAssets, monkeypatch):
+    if model_type in REQUIRES_V0_MODELS:
+        monkeypatch.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "0")
+    model_test_info = VLM_TEST_SETTINGS[model_type]
+    runners.run_audio_test(
+        model_test_info=model_test_info,
+        test_case=test_case,
+        hf_runner=hf_runner,
+        vllm_runner=vllm_runner,
+        audio_assets=audio_assets,
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model_type,test_case",
     get_parametrized_options(
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_ultravox.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_ultravox.py
index 322d886a593d..2c8a06688ca0 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_ultravox.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_ultravox.py
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import json
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
-from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 
-from vllm.multimodal.audio import resample_audio_librosa
-from vllm.sequence import SampleLogprobs
-
-from ....conftest import AUDIO_ASSETS, AudioTestAssets, HfRunner, VllmRunner
+from ....conftest import AUDIO_ASSETS, AudioTestAssets, VllmRunner
 from ....utils import RemoteOpenAIServer
 from ...registry import HF_EXAMPLE_MODELS
-from ...utils import check_logprobs_close
 
 MODEL_NAME = "fixie-ai/ultravox-v0_5-llama-3_2-1b"
 
@@ -88,79 +84,6 @@ def _get_prompt(audio_count, question, placeholder):
                                          add_generation_prompt=True)
 
 
-def vllm_to_hf_output(vllm_output: tuple[list[int], str,
-                                         Optional[SampleLogprobs]],
-                      model: str):
-    """Sanitize vllm output to be comparable with hf output."""
-    output_ids, output_str, out_logprobs = vllm_output
-
-    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model)
-    eos_token_id = tokenizer.eos_token_id
-
-    hf_output_ids = output_ids[:]
-    hf_output_str = output_str
-    if hf_output_ids[-1] == eos_token_id:
-        hf_output_str = hf_output_str + tokenizer.decode(eos_token_id)
-
-    return hf_output_ids, hf_output_str, out_logprobs
-
-
-def run_test(
-    hf_runner: type[HfRunner],
-    vllm_runner: type[VllmRunner],
-    prompts_and_audios: list[tuple[str, str, AudioTuple]],
-    model: str,
-    *,
-    dtype: str,
-    max_tokens: int,
-    num_logprobs: int,
-    **kwargs,
-):
-    """Inference result should be the same between hf and vllm."""
-    model_info = HF_EXAMPLE_MODELS.find_hf_info(model)
-    model_info.check_available_online(on_fail="skip")
-    model_info.check_transformers_version(on_fail="skip")
-
-    # NOTE: take care of the order. run vLLM first, and then run HF.
-    # vLLM needs a fresh new process without cuda initialization.
-    # if we run HF first, the cuda initialization will be done and it
-    # will hurt multiprocessing backend with fork method (the default method).
-
-    with vllm_runner(model, dtype=dtype, enforce_eager=True,
-                     **kwargs) as vllm_model:
-        vllm_outputs_per_audio = [
-            vllm_model.generate_greedy_logprobs([vllm_prompt],
-                                                max_tokens,
-                                                num_logprobs=num_logprobs,
-                                                audios=[audio])
-            for vllm_prompt, _, audio in prompts_and_audios
-        ]
-
-    with hf_runner(model, dtype=dtype, auto_cls=AutoModel) as hf_model:
-        hf_outputs_per_audio = [
-            hf_model.generate_greedy_logprobs_limit(
-                [hf_prompt],
-                max_tokens,
-                num_logprobs=num_logprobs,
-                audios=[(resample_audio_librosa(audio[0],
-                                                orig_sr=audio[1],
-                                                target_sr=16000), 16000)])
-            for _, hf_prompt, audio in prompts_and_audios
-        ]
-
-    for hf_outputs, vllm_outputs in zip(hf_outputs_per_audio,
-                                        vllm_outputs_per_audio):
-        check_logprobs_close(
-            outputs_0_lst=hf_outputs,
-            outputs_1_lst=[
-                vllm_to_hf_output(vllm_output, model)
-                for vllm_output in vllm_outputs
-            ],
-            name_0="hf",
-            name_1="vllm",
-        )
-
-
 def run_multi_audio_test(
     vllm_runner: type[VllmRunner],
     prompts_and_audios: list[tuple[str, list[AudioTuple]]],
@@ -194,35 +117,6 @@ def run_multi_audio_test(
     assert all(tokens for tokens, *_ in vllm_outputs)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.core_model
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", ["bfloat16"])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("max_tokens", [128])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("num_logprobs", [5])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("vllm_kwargs", [
-    pytest.param({}, marks=pytest.mark.cpu_model),
-    pytest.param(CHUNKED_PREFILL_KWARGS),
-])
-def test_models(hf_runner, vllm_runner, audio_assets: AudioTestAssets,
-                dtype: str, max_tokens: int, num_logprobs: int,
-                vllm_kwargs: dict) -> None:
-    audio_inputs = [(
-        _get_prompt(1, audio, VLLM_PLACEHOLDER),
-        _get_prompt(1, audio, HF_PLACEHOLDER),
-        audio.audio_and_sample_rate,
-    ) for audio in audio_assets]
-
-    run_test(
-        hf_runner,
-        vllm_runner,
-        audio_inputs,
-        MODEL_NAME,
-        dtype=dtype,
-        max_tokens=max_tokens,
-        num_logprobs=num_logprobs,
-        **vllm_kwargs,
-    )
-
-
 @pytest.mark.core_model
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", ["half"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("max_tokens", [128])
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/builders.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/builders.py
index e3ba955a96a6..32117c8d8dca 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/builders.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/builders.py
@@ -7,18 +7,21 @@ from typing import Callable, Optional, Union
 
 import torch
 
+from vllm.multimodal.audio import AudioResampler
 from vllm.multimodal.image import rescale_image_size
 from vllm.multimodal.video import (rescale_video_size, resize_video,
                                    sample_frames_from_video)
 
-from .....conftest import ImageTestAssets, VideoTestAssets
-from .types import (SINGLE_IMAGE_BASE_PROMPTS, TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER,
+from .....conftest import AudioTestAssets, ImageTestAssets, VideoTestAssets
+from .types import (SINGLE_AUDIO_BASE_PROMPT, SINGLE_IMAGE_BASE_PROMPTS,
+                    TEST_AUDIO_PLACEHOLDER, TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER,
                     TEST_VIDEO_PLACEHOLDER, VIDEO_BASE_PROMPT,
-                    ImageSizeWrapper, SizeType, VLMTestInfo)
+                    ImageSizeWrapper, PromptWithMultiModalInput, SizeType,
+                    VLMTestInfo)
 
 
-def replace_test_placeholder(prompt: str, img_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int],
-                                                                      str],
+def replace_test_placeholder(prompt: str, mm_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int],
+                                                                     str],
                              test_placeholder: str) -> str:
     """Given a prompt, replaces each test placeholder with the
     model-specific tag.
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ def replace_test_placeholder(prompt: str, img_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int],
     prompt_segments = prompt.split(test_placeholder)
     img_prompt = prompt_segments[0]
     for placeholder_idx, next_seg in enumerate(prompt_segments[1:], start=1):
-        img_prompt += img_idx_to_prompt(placeholder_idx)
+        img_prompt += mm_idx_to_prompt(placeholder_idx)
         img_prompt += next_seg
     return img_prompt
 
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ def replace_test_placeholder(prompt: str, img_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int],
 def get_model_prompts(base_prompts: Iterable[str],
                       img_idx_to_prompt: Optional[Callable[[int], str]],
                       video_idx_to_prompt: Optional[Callable[[int], str]],
+                      audio_idx_to_prompt: Optional[Callable[[int], str]],
                       prompt_formatter: Callable[[str], str]) -> list[str]:
     """Given a model-agnostic base prompt and test configuration for a model(s)
     to be tested, update the media placeholders and apply the prompt formatting
@@ -60,6 +64,11 @@ def get_model_prompts(base_prompts: Iterable[str],
                                                    video_idx_to_prompt,
                                                    TEST_VIDEO_PLACEHOLDER)
 
+        if audio_idx_to_prompt:
+            base_prompt = replace_test_placeholder(base_prompt,
+                                                   audio_idx_to_prompt,
+                                                   TEST_AUDIO_PLACEHOLDER)
+
         # Apply the prompt formatter to wrap the base prompt with
         # the correct media placeholders to get the model test prompt
         model_prompt = prompt_formatter(base_prompt)
@@ -68,10 +77,11 @@ def get_model_prompts(base_prompts: Iterable[str],
 
 
 def build_single_image_inputs_from_test_info(
-        test_info: VLMTestInfo,
-        image_assets: ImageTestAssets,
-        size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper,
-        tmp_path: Optional[PosixPath] = None):
+    test_info: VLMTestInfo,
+    image_assets: ImageTestAssets,
+    size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper,
+    tmp_path: Optional[PosixPath] = None,
+) -> list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]:
     if test_info.prompt_formatter is None:
         raise ValueError(
             "Prompt formatter must be set to build single image inputs")
@@ -79,6 +89,7 @@ def build_single_image_inputs_from_test_info(
     model_prompts = get_model_prompts(test_info.single_image_prompts,
                                       test_info.img_idx_to_prompt,
                                       test_info.video_idx_to_prompt,
+                                      test_info.audio_idx_to_prompt,
                                       test_info.prompt_formatter)
 
     # For models that require a local path / URL encoded in the image; export
@@ -97,28 +108,32 @@ def build_single_image_inputs_from_test_info(
     return build_single_image_inputs(images, model_prompts, size_wrapper)
 
 
-def build_single_image_inputs(images, model_prompts,
-                              size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper):
+def build_single_image_inputs(
+        images, model_prompts,
+        size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper) -> list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]:
     # For every image / prompt pair, get a pair containing two lists of
     # length size_factors, where the first contains duplicates of the model
     # prompt [str], and the second contains copies of the image after being
     # scaled by one of the size factors.
     #
     # NOTE: rescaling preserves the image aspect ratio.
-    return [(
-        [prompt for _ in size_wrapper.data],
-        [
-            apply_image_size_scaling(image, size, size_wrapper.type)
-            for size in size_wrapper.data
-        ],
-    ) for image, prompt in zip(images, model_prompts)]
+    return [
+        PromptWithMultiModalInput(
+            prompts=[prompt for _ in size_wrapper.data],
+            image_data=[
+                apply_image_size_scaling(image, size, size_wrapper.type)
+                for size in size_wrapper.data
+            ],
+        ) for image, prompt in zip(images, model_prompts)
+    ]
 
 
 def build_multi_image_inputs_from_test_info(
-        test_info: VLMTestInfo,
-        image_assets: ImageTestAssets,
-        size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper,
-        tmp_path: Optional[PosixPath] = None):
+    test_info: VLMTestInfo,
+    image_assets: ImageTestAssets,
+    size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper,
+    tmp_path: Optional[PosixPath] = None,
+) -> list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]:
     if test_info.prompt_formatter is None:
         raise ValueError(
             "Prompt formatter must be set to build multi image inputs")
@@ -126,6 +141,7 @@ def build_multi_image_inputs_from_test_info(
     model_prompts = get_model_prompts([test_info.multi_image_prompt],
                                       test_info.img_idx_to_prompt,
                                       test_info.video_idx_to_prompt,
+                                      test_info.audio_idx_to_prompt,
                                       test_info.prompt_formatter)
 
     if test_info.prompt_path_encoder is not None:
@@ -146,15 +162,18 @@ def build_multi_image_inputs_from_test_info(
     )
 
 
-def build_multi_image_inputs(image_lists, model_prompts,
-                             size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper):
-    return [(
-        [prompt for _ in size_wrapper.data],
-        [[
-            apply_image_size_scaling(image, size, size_wrapper.type)
-            for image in images
-        ] for size in size_wrapper.data],
-    ) for images, prompt in zip(image_lists, model_prompts)]
+def build_multi_image_inputs(
+        image_lists, model_prompts,
+        size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper) -> list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]:
+    return [
+        PromptWithMultiModalInput(
+            prompts=[prompt for _ in size_wrapper.data],
+            image_data=[[
+                apply_image_size_scaling(image, size, size_wrapper.type)
+                for image in images
+            ] for size in size_wrapper.data],
+        ) for images, prompt in zip(image_lists, model_prompts)
+    ]
 
 
 def build_embedding_inputs_from_test_info(
@@ -177,6 +196,7 @@ def build_embedding_inputs_from_test_info(
         SINGLE_IMAGE_BASE_PROMPTS,
         test_info.img_idx_to_prompt,
         test_info.video_idx_to_prompt,
+        test_info.audio_idx_to_prompt,
         test_info.prompt_formatter,
     )
 
@@ -195,13 +215,14 @@ def build_video_inputs_from_test_info(
     video_assets: VideoTestAssets,
     size_wrapper: ImageSizeWrapper,
     num_frames: int,
-):
+) -> list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]:
     if test_info.prompt_formatter is None:
         raise ValueError("Prompt formatter must be set to build video inputs")
     model_prompts = get_model_prompts(
         [VIDEO_BASE_PROMPT],
         test_info.img_idx_to_prompt,
         test_info.video_idx_to_prompt,
+        test_info.audio_idx_to_prompt,
         test_info.prompt_formatter,
     )
 
@@ -213,10 +234,14 @@ def build_video_inputs_from_test_info(
     video_scaler = (resize_video if size_wrapper.type == SizeType.FIXED_SIZE
                     else rescale_video_size)
 
-    return [(
-        [prompt for _ in size_wrapper.data],
-        [video_scaler(video, size) for size in size_wrapper.data],
-    ) for video, prompt in zip(sampled_vids, model_prompts)]
+    return [
+        PromptWithMultiModalInput(
+            prompts=[prompt for _ in size_wrapper.data],
+            video_data=[
+                video_scaler(video, size) for size in size_wrapper.data
+            ],
+        ) for video, prompt in zip(sampled_vids, model_prompts)
+    ]
 
 
 def apply_image_size_scaling(image, size: Union[float, tuple[int, int]],
@@ -236,3 +261,37 @@ def apply_image_size_scaling(image, size: Union[float, tuple[int, int]],
         # We have a list of fixed sizes
         return image.resize(size)
     raise ValueError("ImageSizeWrapper type must be FIXED_SIZE or SIZE_FACTOR")
+
+
+def build_audio_inputs_from_test_info(
+    test_info: VLMTestInfo,
+    audio_assets: AudioTestAssets,
+) -> list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]:
+    if test_info.prompt_formatter is None:
+        raise ValueError("Prompt formatter must be set to build audio inputs")
+    model_prompts = get_model_prompts(
+        SINGLE_AUDIO_BASE_PROMPT,
+        test_info.img_idx_to_prompt,
+        test_info.video_idx_to_prompt,
+        test_info.audio_idx_to_prompt,
+        test_info.prompt_formatter,
+    )
+    resampler = AudioResampler(
+        target_sr=16000,
+        method="librosa",
+    )
+    audios = [asset.audio_and_sample_rate for asset in audio_assets]
+    resampled_audios = [(
+        resampler.resample(
+            audio,
+            orig_sr=sr,
+        ),
+        int(resampler.target_sr),
+    ) for audio, sr in audios]
+
+    return [
+        PromptWithMultiModalInput(
+            prompts=model_prompts,
+            audio_data=resampled_audios,
+        )
+    ]
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/case_filtering.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/case_filtering.py
index 8e825676b8f4..a5077a090b52 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/case_filtering.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/case_filtering.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def get_parametrized_options(test_settings: dict[str, VLMTestInfo],
                 test_info.num_video_frames)
 
         # No sizes passed for custom inputs, since inputs are directly provided
-        if test_type != VLMTestType.CUSTOM_INPUTS:
+        if test_type not in (VLMTestType.CUSTOM_INPUTS, VLMTestType.AUDIO):
             wrapped_sizes = get_wrapped_test_sizes(test_info, test_type)
             if wrapped_sizes is None:
                 raise ValueError(
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def get_parametrized_options(test_settings: dict[str, VLMTestInfo],
             iter_kwargs["size_wrapper"] = wrapped_sizes
 
         #Otherwise expand the custom test options instead
-        else:
+        elif test_type == VLMTestType.CUSTOM_INPUTS:
             if test_info.custom_test_opts is None:
                 raise ValueError("Test has type CUSTOM_INPUTS, but none given")
             iter_kwargs["custom_test_opts"] = test_info.custom_test_opts
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ def get_wrapped_test_sizes(
             ImageSizeWrapper(type=SizeType.SIZE_FACTOR, data=factor)
             for factor in EMBEDDING_SIZE_FACTORS
         ])
-    # Custom inputs have preprocessed inputs
-    elif test_type == VLMTestType.CUSTOM_INPUTS:
+    # Audio and Custom inputs have preprocessed inputs
+    elif test_type in (VLMTestType.AUDIO, VLMTestType.CUSTOM_INPUTS):
         return tuple()
 
     size_factors = test_info.image_size_factors \
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/core.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/core.py
index c3d20f56855f..ccd2799abd90 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/core.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/core.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """Core test implementation to be shared across modalities."""
-from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
 
 import torch
-from PIL.Image import Image
 from transformers.models.auto.auto_factory import _BaseAutoModelClass
 
 from vllm.config import TaskOption
@@ -11,14 +10,14 @@ from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import AnyTokenizer
 
 from .....conftest import HfRunner, VllmRunner
 from ....registry import HF_EXAMPLE_MODELS
-from .types import RunnerOutput
+from .types import PromptWithMultiModalInput, RunnerOutput
 
 
 def run_test(
     *,
     hf_runner: type[HfRunner],
     vllm_runner: type[VllmRunner],
-    inputs: list[tuple[list[str], list[Union[list[Image], Image]]]],
+    inputs: list[PromptWithMultiModalInput],
     model: str,
     dtype: str,
     max_tokens: int,
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ def run_test(
     hf_model_kwargs: Optional[dict[str, Any]],
     patch_hf_runner: Optional[Callable[[HfRunner], HfRunner]],
     task: TaskOption = "auto",
-    runner_mm_key: str = "images",
     distributed_executor_backend: Optional[str] = None,
     tensor_parallel_size: int = 1,
     vllm_embeddings: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
@@ -94,10 +92,16 @@ def run_test(
         if stop_str:
             vllm_kwargs["stop"] = stop_str
 
-        for prompts, media in vllm_inputs:
-            vllm_kwargs[runner_mm_key] = media
+        for prompts, image_data, video_data, audio_data in vllm_inputs:
+            mm_data = dict(images=image_data,
+                           videos=video_data,
+                           audios=audio_data)
+            vllm_kwargs_with_mm_data = vllm_kwargs | mm_data
             vllm_output = vllm_model.generate_greedy_logprobs(
-                prompts, max_tokens, num_logprobs=num_logprobs, **vllm_kwargs)
+                prompts,
+                max_tokens,
+                num_logprobs=num_logprobs,
+                **vllm_kwargs_with_mm_data)
             vllm_outputs_per_mm.append(vllm_output)
 
     hf_model = hf_runner(model,
@@ -122,14 +126,17 @@ def run_test(
         if stop_str:
             hf_kwargs["stop_strings"] = stop_str
 
-        for prompts, media in inputs:
-            hf_kwargs[runner_mm_key] = media
+        for prompts, image_data, video_data, audio_data in inputs:
+            mm_data = dict(images=image_data,
+                           videos=video_data,
+                           audios=audio_data)
+            hf_kwargs_with_mm_data = hf_kwargs | mm_data
             hf_output = hf_model.generate_greedy_logprobs_limit(
                 prompts,
                 max_tokens,
                 num_logprobs=num_logprobs,
                 tokenizer=tokenizer,
-                **hf_kwargs)
+                **hf_kwargs_with_mm_data)
             hf_outputs_per_mm.append(hf_output)
 
     # Apply output processing / sanitation to the vLLM and HF runner results
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/custom_inputs.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/custom_inputs.py
index 235618ae547e..cc1045561138 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/custom_inputs.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/custom_inputs.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from vllm.multimodal.video import (rescale_video_size, resize_video,
 
 from .....conftest import IMAGE_ASSETS, VIDEO_ASSETS
 from .builders import build_multi_image_inputs, build_single_image_inputs
-from .types import ImageSizeWrapper, SizeType
+from .types import ImageSizeWrapper, PromptWithMultiModalInput, SizeType
 
 
 def multi_image_multi_aspect_ratio_inputs(formatter: Callable[[str], str]):
@@ -32,24 +32,28 @@ def multi_image_multi_aspect_ratio_inputs(formatter: Callable[[str], str]):
         "<image>\nWhat is the season?",
     ]
     formatted_prompts = [formatter(prompt) for prompt in img_prompts]
-
-    return [(
-        formatted_prompts,
+    aspect_ratio_images = [
+        [stop_sign, cherry_blossom],
+        # Images with different sizes and aspect-ratios
         [
-            [stop_sign, cherry_blossom],
-            # Images with different sizes and aspect-ratios
-            [
-                rescale_image_size(stop_sign, 0.1),
-                stop_sign,
-            ],
-            [
-                stop_sign,
-                rescale_image_size(stop_sign, 0.25),
-                cherry_blossom.resize((183, 488)),
-                cherry_blossom.resize((488, 183))
-            ],
-            cherry_blossom,
-        ])]
+            rescale_image_size(stop_sign, 0.1),
+            stop_sign,
+        ],
+        [
+            stop_sign,
+            rescale_image_size(stop_sign, 0.25),
+            cherry_blossom.resize((183, 488)),
+            cherry_blossom.resize((488, 183))
+        ],
+        cherry_blossom,
+    ]
+
+    return [
+        PromptWithMultiModalInput(
+            prompts=formatted_prompts,
+            image_data=aspect_ratio_images,
+        )
+    ]
 
 
 def multi_video_multi_aspect_ratio_inputs(formatter: Callable[[str], str],
@@ -68,24 +72,28 @@ def multi_video_multi_aspect_ratio_inputs(formatter: Callable[[str], str],
         "<video>\nWhy is this video funny?",
     ]
     formatted_prompts = [formatter(prompt) for prompt in video_prompts]
-
-    return [(
-        formatted_prompts,
+    aspect_ratio_videos = [
+        [video, video],
+        # Videos with different sizes and aspect-ratios
         [
-            [video, video],
-            # Videos with different sizes and aspect-ratios
-            [
-                rescale_video_size(video, 0.1),
-                video,
-            ],
-            [
-                video,
-                rescale_video_size(video, 0.25),
-                resize_video(video, (183, 488)),
-                resize_video(video, (488, 183))
-            ],
+            rescale_video_size(video, 0.1),
             video,
-        ])]
+        ],
+        [
+            video,
+            rescale_video_size(video, 0.25),
+            resize_video(video, (183, 488)),
+            resize_video(video, (488, 183))
+        ],
+        video,
+    ]
+
+    return [
+        PromptWithMultiModalInput(
+            prompts=formatted_prompts,
+            video_data=aspect_ratio_videos,
+        )
+    ]
 
 
 def different_patch_input_cases_internvl():
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/model_utils.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/model_utils.py
index e31408d6063f..b71400fc8312 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/model_utils.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/model_utils.py
@@ -237,6 +237,18 @@ def minimax_vl_01_hf_output(hf_output: RunnerOutput,
     return output_ids, output_str, out_logprobs
 
 
+def ultravox_trunc_hf_output(hf_output: RunnerOutput,
+                             model: str) -> RunnerOutput:
+    output_ids, output_str, out_logprobs = hf_output
+
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model)
+    eos_token_id = tokenizer.eos_token_id
+    eos_token = tokenizer.decode(eos_token_id)
+    if output_str.endswith(eos_token):
+        output_str = output_str.split(eos_token)[0]
+    return output_ids, output_str, out_logprobs
+
+
 ####### Functions for converting image assets to embeddings
 def get_llava_embeddings(image_assets: ImageTestAssets):
     return [asset.image_embeds for asset in image_assets]
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/runners.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/runners.py
index 34753121ea90..9e8a1262e8c1 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/runners.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/runners.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ types / modalities.
 """
 from pathlib import PosixPath
 
-from .....conftest import (HfRunner, ImageTestAssets, VideoTestAssets,
-                           VllmRunner)
+from .....conftest import (AudioTestAssets, HfRunner, ImageTestAssets,
+                           VideoTestAssets, VllmRunner)
 from . import builders, core
 from .types import ExpandableVLMTestArgs, VLMTestInfo
 
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def run_single_image_test(*, tmp_path: PosixPath, model_test_info: VLMTestInfo,
         num_logprobs=test_case.num_logprobs,
         limit_mm_per_prompt={"image": 1},
         distributed_executor_backend=test_case.distributed_executor_backend,
-        runner_mm_key="images",
         **model_test_info.get_non_parametrized_runner_kwargs())
 
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ def run_multi_image_test(*, tmp_path: PosixPath, model_test_info: VLMTestInfo,
         num_logprobs=test_case.num_logprobs,
         limit_mm_per_prompt={"image": len(image_assets)},
         distributed_executor_backend=test_case.distributed_executor_backend,
-        runner_mm_key="images",
         **model_test_info.get_non_parametrized_runner_kwargs())
 
 
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ def run_embedding_test(*, model_test_info: VLMTestInfo,
         limit_mm_per_prompt={"image": 1},
         vllm_embeddings=vllm_embeddings,
         distributed_executor_backend=test_case.distributed_executor_backend,
-        runner_mm_key="images",
         **model_test_info.get_non_parametrized_runner_kwargs())
 
 
@@ -105,7 +102,30 @@ def run_video_test(
         num_logprobs=test_case.num_logprobs,
         limit_mm_per_prompt={"video": len(video_assets)},
         distributed_executor_backend=test_case.distributed_executor_backend,
-        runner_mm_key="videos",
+        **model_test_info.get_non_parametrized_runner_kwargs())
+
+
+def run_audio_test(
+    *,
+    model_test_info: VLMTestInfo,
+    test_case: ExpandableVLMTestArgs,
+    hf_runner: type[HfRunner],
+    vllm_runner: type[VllmRunner],
+    audio_assets: AudioTestAssets,
+):
+    inputs = builders.build_audio_inputs_from_test_info(
+        model_test_info, audio_assets)
+
+    core.run_test(
+        hf_runner=hf_runner,
+        vllm_runner=vllm_runner,
+        inputs=inputs,
+        model=test_case.model,
+        dtype=test_case.dtype,
+        max_tokens=test_case.max_tokens,
+        num_logprobs=test_case.num_logprobs,
+        limit_mm_per_prompt={"audio": 1},
+        distributed_executor_backend=test_case.distributed_executor_backend,
         **model_test_info.get_non_parametrized_runner_kwargs())
 
 
@@ -120,11 +140,9 @@ def run_custom_inputs_test(*, model_test_info: VLMTestInfo,
 
     inputs = test_case.custom_test_opts.inputs
     limit_mm_per_prompt = test_case.custom_test_opts.limit_mm_per_prompt
-    runner_mm_key = test_case.custom_test_opts.runner_mm_key
-    # Inputs, limit_mm_per_prompt, and runner_mm_key should all be set
+    # Inputs and limit_mm_per_prompt should all be set
     assert inputs is not None
     assert limit_mm_per_prompt is not None
-    assert runner_mm_key is not None
 
     core.run_test(
         hf_runner=hf_runner,
@@ -136,5 +154,4 @@ def run_custom_inputs_test(*, model_test_info: VLMTestInfo,
         num_logprobs=test_case.num_logprobs,
         limit_mm_per_prompt=limit_mm_per_prompt,
         distributed_executor_backend=test_case.distributed_executor_backend,
-        runner_mm_key=runner_mm_key,
         **model_test_info.get_non_parametrized_runner_kwargs())
diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/types.py b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/types.py
index 56629323394d..1c2bb4d6222b 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/types.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/generation/vlm_utils/types.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from pathlib import PosixPath
 from typing import Any, Callable, NamedTuple, Optional, Union
 
 import torch
-from PIL.Image import Image
 from pytest import MarkDecorator
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
 from transformers.models.auto.auto_factory import _BaseAutoModelClass
@@ -15,18 +14,25 @@ from vllm.config import TaskOption
 from vllm.sequence import SampleLogprobs
 from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import AnyTokenizer
 
-from .....conftest import IMAGE_ASSETS, HfRunner, ImageAsset, ImageTestAssets
+from .....conftest import (AUDIO_ASSETS, IMAGE_ASSETS, HfRunner, ImageAsset,
+                           ImageTestAssets, PromptAudioInput, PromptImageInput,
+                           PromptVideoInput)
 from ....utils import check_logprobs_close
 
 # meta image tag; will be replaced by the appropriate tag for the model
 TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER = "<vlm_image>"
 TEST_VIDEO_PLACEHOLDER = "<vlm_video>"
+TEST_AUDIO_PLACEHOLDER = "<lmm_audio>"
 
 # yapf: disable
 SINGLE_IMAGE_BASE_PROMPTS = IMAGE_ASSETS.prompts({
     "stop_sign": f"{TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER}What's the content of the image?",
     "cherry_blossom": f"{TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER}What is the season?",
 })
+SINGLE_AUDIO_BASE_PROMPT = AUDIO_ASSETS.prompts({
+    "mary_had_lamb": f"{TEST_AUDIO_PLACEHOLDER}Transcribe this audio into English.",    # noqa: E501
+    "winning_call": f"{TEST_AUDIO_PLACEHOLDER}What is happening in this audio clip?",     # noqa: E501
+})
 
 MULTI_IMAGE_BASE_PROMPT = f"Image-1: {TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER}Image-2: {TEST_IMG_PLACEHOLDER}Describe the two images in detail.\n"  # noqa: E501
 VIDEO_BASE_PROMPT = f"{TEST_VIDEO_PLACEHOLDER}Why is this video funny?"
@@ -38,12 +44,21 @@ RunnerOutput = tuple[list[int], str, Optional[SampleLogprobs]]
 # yapf: enable
 
 
+class PromptWithMultiModalInput(NamedTuple):
+    """Holds the multimodal input for a single test case."""
+    prompts: list[str]
+    image_data: Optional[PromptImageInput] = None
+    video_data: Optional[PromptVideoInput] = None
+    audio_data: Optional[PromptAudioInput] = None
+
+
 class VLMTestType(Enum):
     IMAGE = 1
     MULTI_IMAGE = 2
     EMBEDDING = 3
     VIDEO = 4
-    CUSTOM_INPUTS = 5
+    AUDIO = 5
+    CUSTOM_INPUTS = 6
 
 
 class SizeType(Enum):
@@ -52,10 +67,8 @@ class SizeType(Enum):
 
 
 class CustomTestOptions(NamedTuple):
-    inputs: list[tuple[list[str], list[Union[list[Image], Image]]]]
+    inputs: list[PromptWithMultiModalInput]
     limit_mm_per_prompt: dict[str, int]
-    # kwarg to pass multimodal data in as to vllm/hf runner instances.
-    runner_mm_key: str = "images"
 
 
 class ImageSizeWrapper(NamedTuple):
@@ -75,6 +88,7 @@ class VLMTestInfo(NamedTuple):
     prompt_formatter: Optional[Callable[[str], str]] = None
     img_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int], str] = lambda idx: "<image>\n"
     video_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int], str] = lambda idx: "<video>\n"
+    audio_idx_to_prompt: Callable[[int], str] = lambda idx: "<audio>\n"
 
     # Most models work on the single / multi-image prompts above, but in some
     # cases the log prob check fails, e.g., for paligemma. We allow passing