Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs Molmo 2 8b

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 25.6.

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DeepSeek V4 Flash and Molmo 2 8b specifications
DeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index53.639.1
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked415

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
LMArena Coding1457—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14441287
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—
LMArena Math1427—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—
LMArena Expert1441—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14201276
LMArena Chinese1468—
LMArena French1439—
LMArena German1418—
LMArena Japanese1406—
LMArena Korean1384—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14211270

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1434—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14321288
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than Molmo 2 8b?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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