Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Molmo 2 8b

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 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 Grok 4.7 leads 49.1 to 25.6.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7 and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Grok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index53.139.1
Released2026-09-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked395

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
LMArena WebDev1639—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.8%—
LMArena Coding1427—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Molmo 2 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
APEX-Agents54.6%—
GDP.pdf22.8%—
Vending-Bench 210,537—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14131287
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles38%—
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA49.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53—

Math Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%—
ProofBench34%—
LMArena Math1407—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified56%—
LMArena Expert1422—

Multimodal Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision12281081
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English13891276
LMArena Chinese1455—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena Russian1397—
LMArena Spanish1400—

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14041270

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1413—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Text13991288
LMArena Creative Writing1391—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—
LMArena Multi-Turn1393—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Molmo 2 8b?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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