Model comparison

Gemma 7B vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 7B Google

29.5

Rank #295 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 7B 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 49.5 to 27.2.

Side by side

Gemma 7B and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Gemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.538.7
Released2024-02-21—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked275

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 29.9 (#290), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding1048—
HumanEval+28.7%—
MBPP+43.4%—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 7B: 19.0 (#247), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts10421288
Adversarial NLI48.7%—
BIG-Bench Hard55.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index111.74—
HellaSwag82.2%—
PIQA81.2%—
WinoGrande79%—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 28.7 (#225), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1066—
GSM8K46.4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 26.8 (#248), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Expert1002—
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ83.2%—
MMLU66.1%—
OpenBookQA78.6%—
TriviaQA72.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 7B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 7B: 25.3 (#282), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English9991275
LMArena Chinese1035—
LMArena French1024—
LMArena Russian993—

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 7B: 51.7 (#290), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following10171270

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#277), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1022—

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Gemma 7B: 27.2 (#297), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text10561288
LMArena Creative Writing1024—
LMArena Multi-Turn963—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 7B better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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