Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Molmo 2 8b leads 42.7 to 34.8.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 32.7 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 5 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1210 |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | 1208 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1208 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 41.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 28.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1187 |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1186 |
| IFEval | — | 78% |
Long Context Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1194 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1199 |
| WildBench | — | 73.4% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1221 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.