Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.8 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 2.0 Flash-Lite 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 22.0.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1287 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | — |
Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1081 |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | — |
| LMArena French | 1347 | — |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.