Model comparison
Mixtral 8x22B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Mixtral 8x22B 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 37.1.
Side by side
| Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 26.7 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2024-04-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 64K | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 3.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1166 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 64.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1150 | 1288 |
| DTBench | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.3 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 16.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1184 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 24.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 46% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 33.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | — |
| MMLU | 77.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1128 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1116 | — |
| LMArena French | 1165 | — |
| LMArena German | 1141 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1037 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1056 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1158 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1147 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 72.4% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1144 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1162 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1141 | — |
| WildBench | 71.1% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1130 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mixtral 8x22B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x22B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x22B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.