Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.8 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 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Molmo 2 8b leads 42.7 to 33.6.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 31 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1287 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| DTBench | 54.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.93 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1218 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | — |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | — |
| LMArena French | 1232 | — |
| LMArena German | 1169 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.