Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 25.6.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
Math Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.