Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 21.4.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1287 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1276 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1288 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Molmo 2 8b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.