Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen Turbo

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Turbo Alibaba (Qwen)

27.1

Rank #335 Reported

Summary

  • Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

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Molmo 2 8b and Qwen Turbo specifications
Molmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.127.1
Released—2024-11-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked53

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Category by category

Reasoning Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen Turbo: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts1287—

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—6.1%
MATH Level 5—56.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
GPQA Diamond—41.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen Turbo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen Turbo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
LMArena Non-English1276—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen Turbo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen Turbo: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen Turbo
LMArena Text1288—

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen Turbo?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen Turbo share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.

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