Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 19.2.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 30.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.