Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen1.5-32B

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.5

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen1.5-32B 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 34.2.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
Molmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.130.5
Released—2024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked521

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
LMArena Coding—1155
BigCodeBench Complete—42%

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12871130

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math—1155

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
GPQA Diamond—30.7%
LMArena Expert—1126
MMLU—74.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English12761106
LMArena Chinese—1177
LMArena French—1101
LMArena German—1058
LMArena Japanese—1027
LMArena Korean—1008
LMArena Russian—1073
LMArena Spanish—1089

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following12701116

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query—1146

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text12881137
LMArena Creative Writing—1083
LMArena Multi-Turn—1140

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen1.5-32B?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-32B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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