Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 24.5 to 20.0.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 29.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $8.40 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 6 |
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Category by category
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.4 (#136)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld | — | 5% |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.0 (#228)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1288 | — |
Multimodal Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct leads
Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 32.9 (#92)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | 1107 |
| Video-MME | — | 73.5% |
| GeoBench | — | 62% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 33.3% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6.