Model comparison
DeepSeek-R1 vs Molmo 2 8b
DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 3 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 49.4.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 42.3 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-01-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 164K | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 52 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 71.4% | — |
| SciCode | 35.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 41.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1427 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 804.12 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.7 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | — |
| BALROG | 34.9% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 53.8% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1416 | 1287 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 40.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 69.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 21.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.29 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60 | — |
| LiveBench | 71.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 66.4% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 42.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 80.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1400 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 96.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 66.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | — |
| LMArena French | 1417 | — |
| LMArena German | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1391 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1411 | — |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1382 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 80.5% | — |
| IFEval | 78.4% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1405 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 83% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1500 | — |
| WildBench | 82.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1405 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 48.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Molmo 2 8b?
DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.