Model comparison

Llama 2-13B vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.1

Rank #304 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B 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 49.5 to 30.0.

Side by side

Llama 2-13B and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Llama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
ProviderMetaAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.138.7
Released2023-07-18—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked325

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 30.4 (#287), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding1062—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-13B: 12.3 (#333), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts10511288
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench42.2%—
BIG-Bench Hard58.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index105.8—
HellaSwag80.7%—
LAMBADA76.5%—
PIQA80.8%—
WinoGrande72.8%—

Math Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 28.7 (#226), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1065—
GSM8K36.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 27.5 (#244), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Expert1030—
ARC (AI2) Challenge60.3%—
BoolQ82.4%—
MMLU55.6%—
OpenBookQA57%—
TriviaQA79.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081
ScienceQA55.8%—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-13B: 26.7 (#274), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English10241275
LMArena Chinese1001—
LMArena French1043—
LMArena German1009—
LMArena Japanese894—
LMArena Korean953—
LMArena Russian1055—
LMArena Spanish1086—

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-13B: 53.5 (#282), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following10461270

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#264), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1064—

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-13B: 30.0 (#284), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-13BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text10851288
LMArena Creative Writing1047—
LMArena Multi-Turn1050—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-13B better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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