Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 37.6 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.