Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 49.5.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1413 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1288 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1364 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | 1345 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1356 |
| LMArena French | — | 1394 |
| LMArena German | — | 1324 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1307 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1356 |
Long Context Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | 1356 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.