Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads 60.0 to 49.4.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 42.1 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.20 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#162)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1360 |
| SciCode | — | 35.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1436 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 27.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | 1421 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 51.7% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 51.2% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 84.3% |
| LMCA | — | 32.2% |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.1 (#112)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1432 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#142)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1432 |
Multimodal Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | 1245 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.6 (#107)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | 1400 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1462 |
| LMArena French | — | 1442 |
| LMArena German | — | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1367 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1352 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1400 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1424 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 73.8 (#115)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1399 |
Long Context Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1410 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.0 (#105)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1416 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.