Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k 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 31.1.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 29.3 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 5 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1101 |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.