Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen1.5-110B

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen1.5-110B 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 38.0.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
Molmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.134.2
Released—2024-04-25
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked520

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
LMArena Coding—1184
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts12871168
ForecastBench—57.7

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math—1185

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert—1144

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English12761142
LMArena Chinese—1206
LMArena French—1151
LMArena German—1123
LMArena Japanese—1074
LMArena Korean—1044
LMArena Russian—1118
LMArena Spanish—1142

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following12701158

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query—1157

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text12881175
LMArena Creative Writing—1148
LMArena Multi-Turn—1160

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen1.5-110B?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-110B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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