# Command A vs Molmo 2 8b

> Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-molmo-2-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 2 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 18.3.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 215 | 174 |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1287 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |

## Multimodal

- Command A: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | — |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.1 (#177)
- Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1270 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | Command A | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.