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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 1287.4 Molmo 2 8B · 95% interval 1266.7–1308.2 · 822 votes · 2026-10-28

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 · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,299.10 rating

Confidence interval: 1,266.57 – 1,331.63

330 votes

Category
english
Evaluated configuration
Molmo 2 8B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / exclude_tieshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,217.91 rating

Confidence interval: 1,186.63 – 1,249.18

597 votes

Category
exclude_ties
Evaluated configuration
Molmo 2 8B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / hard_promptshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,286.90 rating

Confidence interval: 1,259.88 – 1,313.92

451 votes

Category
hard_prompts
Evaluated configuration
Molmo 2 8B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / industry_software_and_it_serviceshuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,298.15 rating

Confidence interval: 1,263.87 – 1,332.43

293 votes

Category
industry_software_and_it_services
Evaluated configuration
Molmo 2 8B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / instruction_followinghuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,270.24 rating

Confidence interval: 1,233.12 – 1,307.37

220 votes

Category
instruction_following
Evaluated configuration
Molmo 2 8B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / non_englishhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,274.26 rating

Confidence interval: 1,248.16 – 1,300.36

492 votes

Category
non_english
Evaluated configuration
Molmo 2 8B
Evaluation type
human preference
Arena text preference / overallhuman preference · 2026-10-28 · rating

Molmo 2 8B

1,287.43 rating

Confidence interval: 1,266.68 – 1,308.18

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