Model comparison
Command A vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 2 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 24.5 to 17.7.
Side by side
| Command A | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Command A: 26.8 (#317), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command A: 35.7 (#36), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Command A: 17.7 (#276), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1288 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Command A: 33.5 (#172), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Command A: 36.5 (#157), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Command A leads
Command A: 45.5 (#166), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | — |
| LMArena French | 1352 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Command A: 69.3 (#172), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Command A: 40.6 (#147), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Command A: 47.8 (#204), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.