Model comparison

Llama 13b vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 13.8.

Side by side

Llama 13b and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Llama 13bMolmo 2 8b
ProviderMetaAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index24.439.1
Released2023-02-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked215

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding683—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts7281287
BIG-Bench Hard37.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index100.58—
HellaSwag79.2%—
LAMBADA75.2%—
PIQA80.1%—
WinoGrande73%—

Math Not comparable

Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math838—
GSM8K20.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
ARC (AI2) Challenge52.7%—
BoolQ78.7%—
MMLU47.7%—
OpenBookQA56.4%—
TriviaQA77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 13b: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081
ScienceQA43.3%—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English8191276

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following7811270

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 13bMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text8341288
LMArena Creative Writing794—
LMArena Multi-Turn753—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 13b better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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