Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Molmo 2 8b

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 25.6.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Molmo 2 8b specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.339.1
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked485

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
LMArena Coding1470—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Molmo 2 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14611287
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LMArena Math1455—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
LMArena Expert1464—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14391276
LMArena Chinese1486—
LMArena French1472—
LMArena German1458—
LMArena Japanese1445—
LMArena Korean1447—
LMArena Russian1453—
LMArena Spanish1458—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14481270

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
CL-bench Life13.5%—
LMArena Longer Query1458—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14511288
LMArena Creative Writing1446—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LMArena Multi-Turn1467—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Molmo 2 8b?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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