Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 1 category and Molmo 2 8b in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 43.8.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1287 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1247 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.