Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.0 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 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 49.4.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | 1287 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | — |
| DTBench | 62.8% | — |
| LMCA | 18.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1373 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | — |
Multimodal Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | 1081 |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | — |
| LMArena French | 1388 | — |
| LMArena German | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 81% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | — |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.