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Model comparison

Longcat Flash Chat vs Molmo 2 8b

Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Longcat Flash Chat Meituan

41.5

Rank #121 Confirmed

Molmo 2 8b Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

38.7

Rank #170 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat scores higher in 3 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Longcat Flash Chat leads 61.2 to 49.5.

Side by side

Longcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
ProviderMeituanAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.538.7
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
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Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked195

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: 42.9 (#85), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Coding1471—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 18.3 (#267), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14401288
Kagi LLM Benchmark43.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)17.7%—

Math Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: 36.6 (#107), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1441—

Knowledge Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: 40.0 (#111), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Expert1454—

Multimodal Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual Longcat Flash Chat leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 52.1 (#95), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14041275
LMArena Chinese1465—
LMArena French1457—
LMArena German1409—
LMArena Japanese1373—
LMArena Korean1372—
LMArena Russian1396—
LMArena Spanish1445—

Instruction Following Longcat Flash Chat leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 74.6 (#92), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14111270

Long Context Not comparable

Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#89), Molmo 2 8b: —

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1425—

Writing & Preference Longcat Flash Chat leads

Longcat Flash Chat: 61.2 (#88), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

BenchmarkLongcat Flash ChatMolmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14271288
LMArena Creative Writing1388—
LMArena Multi-Turn1418—

Frequently asked questions

Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Molmo 2 8b?

Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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