Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Molmo 2 8b and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 2 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Molmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index39.138.7
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked514

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding—1319

Reasoning Too close to call

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts12871302

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math—1316

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert—1273

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English12761255
LMArena Chinese—1300
LMArena French—1291
LMArena German—1290
LMArena Russian—1254

Instruction Following Too close to call

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following12701275

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query—1296

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text12881300
LMArena Creative Writing—1256
LMArena Multi-Turn—1290

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Molmo 2 8b and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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