Model comparison
Molmo 2 8b vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 22.4.
Side by side
| Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 34.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1287 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1081 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1276 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Molmo 2 8b | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1288 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Molmo 2 8b better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.