Model comparison
GLM-4.5V vs Molmo 2 8b
GLM-4.5V and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.2 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 5 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multimodal, where GLM-4.5V leads 33.6 to 29.5.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.2 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2025-08-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 64K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.80 | — |
| Results tracked | 15 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1288 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 59.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1353 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1353 | — |
Multimodal GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86), Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1154 | 1081 |
Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1304 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1299 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1335 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1311 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1305 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1333 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1333 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5V better than Molmo 2 8b?
GLM-4.5V and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.2 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.