Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Technology Innovation Institute
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 29.1.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 5 |
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Category by category
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1287 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1276 |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.