Model comparison
Mistral vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.9 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. Mistral scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Molmo 2 8b leads 67.0 to 52.6.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1287 |
Math Not comparable
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | — |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | — |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.