Model comparison

DBRX vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DBRX Databricks

29.4

Rank #311 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 33.6.

Side by side

DBRX and Molmo 2 8b specifications
DBRXMolmo 2 8b
ProviderDatabricksAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.439.1
Released2024-03-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked215

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding1132—
HumanEval+70.1%—
MBPP+55.8%—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts11131287

Math Not comparable

DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1145—
MATH Level 511.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond32.9%—
LMArena Expert1076—

Multimodal Not comparable

DBRX: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English10711276
LMArena Chinese1068—
LMArena French1096—
LMArena German1057—
LMArena Japanese990—
LMArena Korean993—
LMArena Russian1078—
LMArena Spanish1064—

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following11121270

Long Context Not comparable

DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1112—

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDBRXMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text11191288
LMArena Creative Writing1104—
LMArena Multi-Turn1111—

Frequently asked questions

Is DBRX better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DBRX and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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