# Ministral 8B vs Molmo 2 8b

> Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 39.6.

## Snapshot

| | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 325 | 174 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
- Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1287 |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |

## Math

- Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |

## Multimodal

- Ministral 8B: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |

## Multilingual

- Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
- Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
- Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1270 |

## Long Context

- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
- Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Ministral 8B better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.