Model comparison
Gemma 3 27B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 27B scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 16.7.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.16 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 22.5 (#334), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 4.9% | — |
| SciCode | 21.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 39.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.1 (#110), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Gemma 3 27B: 16.7 (#301), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1340 | 1287 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.8% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 51.5% | — |
| LMCA | 12.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.04 | — |
| LiveBench | 50% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.9 (#265), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 22.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1312 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 74% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 25.5 (#261), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 40.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1304 | — |
Multimodal Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 32.6 (#100), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | 1081 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 46.9 (#155), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1334 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1346 | — |
| LMArena French | 1368 | — |
| LMArena German | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1308 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1349 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 70.6 (#160), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1321 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.9% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 27B: 27.6 (#293), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1333 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 27B leads
Gemma 3 27B: 52.5 (#168), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 27B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1358 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1346 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 79.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1345 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 27B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 27B and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 27B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.