Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen1.5-7B

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen1.5-7B 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 29.6.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Molmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.131.4
Released—2024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked513

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding—1107

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts12871065

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math—1080

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert—1055
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English12761058
LMArena Chinese—1141
LMArena Russian—1006

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following12701058

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query—1090

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text12881083
LMArena Creative Writing—1035
LMArena Multi-Turn—1062

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen1.5-7B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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