Model comparison
Llama 2-70B 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.
Meta
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B 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 32.3.
Side by side
| Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1079 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1287 |
| DTBench | 41.6% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 64.9% | — |
| CommonsenseQA 2.0 | 50% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.79 | — |
| ForecastBench | 51.4 | — |
| HellaSwag | 85.3% | — |
| LAMBADA | 78.9% | — |
| PIQA | 82.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 80.2% | — |
Math Not comparable
Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1091 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 3.3% | — |
| GSM8K | 69.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 26.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1039 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 88.6% | — |
| MMLU | 69.9% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 60.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-70B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1045 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 995 | — |
| LMArena French | 1090 | — |
| LMArena German | 1041 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 927 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 964 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1071 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1062 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1115 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1075 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-70B 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 2-70B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.