Model comparison
Granite 4.2 3b vs Molmo 2 8b
Granite 4.2 3b and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 39.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.2 3b scores higher in 2 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1361 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1306 | 1287 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1315 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1268 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1269 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1249 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1273 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1291 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 3b | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1293 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1205 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.2 3b better than Molmo 2 8b?
Granite 4.2 3b and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 39.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.2 3b and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.2 3b has 11 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.