Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.0

Rank #197 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 3 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.

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DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Molmo 2 8b specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index37.038.7
Released2024-09-06—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked225

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.3 (#274), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%—
LMArena Coding1310—
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%—
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 24.5 (#145), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts12891288

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 33.3 (#177), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1289—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.2 (#190), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Expert1266—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.7 (#188), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English12731275
LMArena Chinese1317—
LMArena French1288—
LMArena German1258—
LMArena Japanese1228—
LMArena Korean1209—
LMArena Russian1289—
LMArena Spanish1248—

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.7 (#189), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following12801270

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#169), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1301—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 50.0 (#182), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Text12941288
LMArena Creative Writing1285—
LMArena Multi-Turn1297—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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