Model comparison
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Molmo 2 8b
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 5 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.2 to 24.5.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2026-02-17 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 30K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 46 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 41.8 (#104), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1374 | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1458 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,150 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.3 (#43), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 57.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 18% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1189 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,663 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.2 (#30), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1288 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 24% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.8% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LMCA | 38.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.01 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |
Math Not comparable
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.0 (#54), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 44.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 92.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 14% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#54), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 30.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | — |
Multimodal Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.2 (#88), Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1081 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.7 (#38), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1481 | — |
| LMArena French | 1477 | — |
| LMArena German | 1463 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1450 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1417 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 75.0 (#79), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.4 (#33), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 22.2% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 11.9% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1436 | — |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.9 (#42), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1574 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Molmo 2 8b?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.