Model comparison
Command R+ vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 24.5 to 8.9.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 32.0 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Command R+: 28.6 (#304), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Command R+: 8.9 (#341), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1288 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.28 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
Command R+: 26.6 (#239), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Command R+: 35.9 (#165), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Command R+: 38.8 (#222), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1208 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Command R+: 60.2 (#249), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command R+: 37.3 (#214), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Command R+: 43.7 (#223), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 32.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.