Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.9 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 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 32.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1287 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.