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Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen1.5-14B

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Molmo 2 8b Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

38.7

Rank #170 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

32.1

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.5 to 33.7.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.732.1
Released—2024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked517

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Coding—1138

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts12881113

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Math—1125

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Expert—1094
MMLU—68.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106), Qwen1.5-14B: —

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186), Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Non-English12751095
LMArena Chinese—1147
LMArena French—1115
LMArena German—1043
LMArena Japanese—1019
LMArena Russian—1046
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196), Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Instruction Following12701102

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Longer Query—1113

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187), Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-14B
LMArena Text12881128
LMArena Creative Writing—1091
LMArena Multi-Turn—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-14B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.

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