Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen1.5-72B
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen1.5-72B 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 37.3.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 30.8 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 5 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1165 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | 1148 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1164 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1136 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen1.5-72B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1186 |
| LMArena French | — | 1159 |
| LMArena German | — | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1110 |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1141 |
Long Context Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-72B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.