Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Molmo 2 8b

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol 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-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 25.6.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 Sol and Molmo 2 8b specifications
GPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index65.639.1
Released2026-09-29—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked345

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
LMArena WebDev1755—
SciCode55.8%—
LMArena Coding1487—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), Molmo 2 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
APEX-Agents60%—
GDP.pdf32%—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14661287
ARC-AGI-294.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles80%—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09—

Math Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
LMArena Math1464—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.9%—
LMArena Expert1502—

Multimodal GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision12881081
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14381276
LMArena Chinese1477—
LMArena Russian1455—

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14681270

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1465—

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14471288
LMArena Creative Writing1432—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Molmo 2 8b?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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