Model comparison
Llama 3.1-70B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.6 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 3.1-70B 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 35.4.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1260 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 6.9% | — |
| BALROG | 27.9% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1287 |
| DTBench | 60% | — |
| LMCA | 14.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.92 | — |
Math Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 21% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1252 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 44.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 65.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 42.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1209 | — |
| MMLU | 80.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1219 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1215 | — |
| LMArena French | 1261 | — |
| LMArena German | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1132 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1253 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1231 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 82.1% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1241 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1261 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1232 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 784 | — |
| WildBench | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1256 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.