Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 10.6.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 105K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 5 |
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Category by category
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1287 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1276 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1288 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Molmo 2 8b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.