Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 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 39.6.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1287 |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Ministral 8B: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.