Model comparison

Molmo 2 8b vs Yi-34B

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Molmo 2 8b scores higher in 4 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 34.1.

Side by side

Molmo 2 8b and Yi-34B specifications
Molmo 2 8bYi-34B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)01.AI
Noometry Index39.127.8
Released—2023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked523

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Coding—1112

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts12871104
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—117.39

Math Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Math—1114
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
GPQA Diamond—14.7%
LMArena Expert—1061
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Vision1081—

Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Non-English12761079
LMArena Chinese—1176
LMArena French—1081
LMArena German—1042
LMArena Japanese—993
LMArena Korean—959
LMArena Russian—1050
LMArena Spanish—1070

Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following12701091

Long Context Not comparable

Molmo 2 8b: —, Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query—1094

Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads

Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMolmo 2 8bYi-34B
LMArena Text12881129
LMArena Creative Writing—1108
LMArena Multi-Turn—1113

Frequently asked questions

Is Molmo 2 8b better than Yi-34B?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Molmo 2 8b and Yi-34B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Molmo 2 8b has 5 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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