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molmo-2-8b

Model evaluation

Capability & preference

Human preference · Arena

Overall text preferences from head-to-head votes. Not factual accuracy or a task-success rate.

molmo-2-8b 1288.3 molmo-2-8b · 95% interval 1267.6–1309.1 · 822 votes · 2026-10-15

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Arena text preference / englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,299.19 rating

Confidence interval: 1,266.65 – 1,331.74

330 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,219.63 rating

Confidence interval: 1,188.40 – 1,250.85

597 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,287.75 rating

Confidence interval: 1,260.73 – 1,314.78

450 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,299.29 rating

Confidence interval: 1,265.00 – 1,333.59

292 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,270.26 rating

Confidence interval: 1,233.10 – 1,307.42

220 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,276.23 rating

Confidence interval: 1,250.15 – 1,302.31

492 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-15 · rating

molmo-2-8b

1,288.33 rating

Confidence interval: 1,267.59 – 1,309.08

822 votes

Category
overall
Evaluated configuration
molmo-2-8b
Evaluation type
human preference

Run it locally

Inference · memory estimate

molmo-2-8b

Not enough verified architecture information for a reliable VRAM estimate.

Capabilities

Model license
Apache 2.0