Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 24.5 to 18.5.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 5 |
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Category by category
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1288 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1275 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1288 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Molmo 2 8b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.