Model comparison

Laguna M.1 vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Laguna M.1 Poolside

31.9

Rank #252 Reported

Side by side

Laguna M.1 and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Laguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
ProviderPoolsideAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index31.938.7
Released2026-04-28—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked35

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
LMArena WebDev1348—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts—1288
Surface Evolver Bench15.6%—

Math Not comparable

Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
ProofBench0%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English—1275

Instruction Following Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following—1270

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Laguna M.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLaguna M.1Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Text—1288

Frequently asked questions

Is Laguna M.1 better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Molmo 2 8b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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