Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 2K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1287 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | — |
| LMArena French | 1247 | — |
| LMArena German | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.