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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Molmo 2 8b

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Molmo 2 8b Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

39.1

Rank #174 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 25.6.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.139.1
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked465

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
LMArena Coding1491—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14851287
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
LMArena Math1505—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision12981081
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14691276
LMArena Chinese1531—
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14661270

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14791288
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Molmo 2 8b?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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