Model comparison

Llama 2-7B vs Molmo 2 8b

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-7B Meta

28.6

Rank #315 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B 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 28.1.

Side by side

Llama 2-7B and Molmo 2 8b specifications
Llama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
ProviderMetaAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index28.638.7
Released2023-07-18—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked295

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding1002—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts10091288
Chess Puzzles0%—
BIG-Bench Hard39.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index98.54—
HellaSwag77.2%—
LAMBADA73.3%—
PIQA78.8%—
WinoGrande69.2%—

Math Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1042—
GSM8K16.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Expert1036—
ARC (AI2) Challenge45.9%—
BoolQ77.9%—
MMLU45.8%—
OpenBookQA58.6%—
TriviaQA73.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081
ScienceQA43.1%—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English9731275
LMArena Chinese973—
LMArena French969—
LMArena German978—
LMArena Russian995—
LMArena Spanish1007—

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following10061270

Long Context Not comparable

Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query999—

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-7BMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text10531288
LMArena Creative Writing1033—
LMArena Multi-Turn1029—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-7B better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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