Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs o1-pro

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 20.4.
  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and o1-pro specifications
Molmo 2 8bo1-pro
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)OpenAI
Noometry Index39.131.5
Released—2025-03-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$150
Output $ / M tokens—$600
Results tracked53

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Category by category

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bo1-pro
ARC-AGI-1—23.3%
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1287—

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bo1-pro
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), o1-pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bo1-pro
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bo1-pro
LMArena Non-English1276—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bo1-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bo1-pro
LMArena Text1288—

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than o1-pro?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and o1-pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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