Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 27.1.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Molmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Microsoft
Noometry Index39.129.7
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked519

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
LMArena Coding—1039
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12871028

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math—1089

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert—984

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12761000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12701023

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text12881050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
LMArena Multi-Turn—989

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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