Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B 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 49.5 to 24.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1288 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 93.57 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 971 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 986 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.