Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Molmo 2 8b

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 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 3.7 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 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 25.6.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.839.1
Released2026-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked445

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
LMArena Coding1497—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14941287
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—
LMArena Math1507—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision13161081
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14841276
LMArena Chinese1548—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Russian1516—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14831270

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1492—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14861288
LMArena Creative Writing1490—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LMArena Multi-Turn1489—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Molmo 2 8b?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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