Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.1 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 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 15.2.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1287 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | 1081 |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena French | 1391 | — |
| LMArena German | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | — |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.