Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 12.3.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 45 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1287 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| DTBench | 59% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | 1081 |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | — |
| LMArena French | 1302 | — |
| LMArena German | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | — |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.