Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Trinity Large Thinking
Molmo 2 8b and Trinity Large Thinking score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Arcee AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 1 category and Trinity Large Thinking in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 16.9.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 38.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 80K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1381 |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | 1350 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1360 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Trinity Large Thinking: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1373 |
| LMArena French | — | 1374 |
| LMArena German | — | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1357 |
Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1334 |
Long Context Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1355 |
Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1342 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Trinity Large Thinking?
Molmo 2 8b and Trinity Large Thinking score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Trinity Large Thinking share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.