Model comparison
GPT-6 Sol vs Molmo 2 8b
GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 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 Sol leads 74.0 to 25.6.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 61.8 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2026-09-22 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Results tracked | 45 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 68.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 49.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1688 | — |
| SciCode | 57.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,462 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 54.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 26.4% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 14,428 | — |
Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads
GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1418 | 1287 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 90.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 95.5% | — |
| CritPt | 30.9% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 53.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 56% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LMCA | 59.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 162.72 | — |
Math Not comparable
GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 89.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 90% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 83% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1402 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 60.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | — |
Multimodal GPT-6 Sol leads
GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1245 | 1081 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 36.9% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 58.3% | — |
Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads
GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1385 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1405 | — |
| LMArena French | 1410 | — |
| LMArena German | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1401 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1384 | — |
Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads
GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1412 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1411 | — |
Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads
GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Sol | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1395 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1378 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2125 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-6 Sol better than Molmo 2 8b?
GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.