Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3.5-9B
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 33.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146), Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1288 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.45 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.5-9B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.