Model comparison
Llama 3-8B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.5 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 3-8B 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 37.5.
Side by side
| Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: 31.0 (#289), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 31.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1152 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 36.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-8B: 14.3 (#326), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1133 | 1287 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 43.9% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | 57.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.45 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: 8.8 (#323), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1151 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 6.1% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: 7.8 (#308), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 26.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 82.8% | — |
| MMLU | 68.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 82.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 67.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-8B: 30.8 (#261), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1098 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1076 | — |
| LMArena French | 1159 | — |
| LMArena German | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 967 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1004 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1109 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1173 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-8B: 58.4 (#260), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1127 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3-8B: 34.2 (#251), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1128 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Llama 3-8B: 37.5 (#256), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1166 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1152 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-8B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-8B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-8B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.