Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 41.9 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.60 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 37.3% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146), Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1288 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 78.1% |
| LMCA | — | 34.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.47 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 35.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1026 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.6 27B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.