Model comparison

Gemma 2B vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B 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 24.0.

Side by side

Gemma 2B and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Gemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.639.1
Released2024-02-21—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked235

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding1010—
HumanEval+20.7%—
MBPP+34.1%—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts9891287
BIG-Bench Hard35.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index94.2—
HellaSwag71.4%—
PIQA77.3%—
WinoGrande65.4%—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1009—
GSM8K17.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
ARC (AI2) Challenge42.1%—
BoolQ69.4%—
MMLU42.3%—
TriviaQA53.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English9581276
LMArena Chinese986—
LMArena Russian937—

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following9701270

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query981—

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text10021288
LMArena Creative Writing987—
LMArena Multi-Turn945—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2B better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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