Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Molmo 2 8b

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 5 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 25.6.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Molmo 2 8b specifications
GPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.439.1
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked685

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
LMArena Coding1497—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Molmo 2 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14851287
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
LMArena Expert1507—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision13031081
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14651276
LMArena Chinese1519—
LMArena French1493—
LMArena German1472—
LMArena Japanese1485—
LMArena Korean1448—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14691270

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1473—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14691288
LMArena Creative Writing1439—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—
LMArena Multi-Turn1482—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Molmo 2 8b?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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