Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 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 29.6.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Molmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Microsoft
Noometry Index39.131.3
Released——
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked515

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding—1093

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts12871087

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math—1152

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert—1051

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English12761013
LMArena Chinese—1033
LMArena German—1031
LMArena Japanese—954
LMArena Korean—880
LMArena Russian—1019

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following12701058

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query—1042

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12881080
LMArena Creative Writing—1045
LMArena Multi-Turn—1049

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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