Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b 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 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1287 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.