Molmo 2 8B
Ai2OpenApache 2.0
Molmo 2 8B is a vision-language model from Ai2. It ranks 136 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1081±20 from 1,190 votes. Its best category is OCR (#123 of 123). License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Ai2
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor, Chinese.
Who it suits
- Overall #136 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: OCR (#123 of 123).
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 |  GPT-4 Turbo (2024-04-09) OpenAI | 1090 | 13,391 | Proprietary | +9 |
| 134 |  Pixtral Large (2411) Mistral | 1089 | 5,423 | MRL | +8 |
| 135 |  Gemini 1.5 Pro (001) Google | 1088 | 16,734 | Proprietary | +7 |
| 136 | Molmo 2 8B Ai2 | 1081 | 1,190 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 137 | GPT-4o mini (2024-07-18) OpenAI | 1066 | 17,341 | Proprietary | -15 |
| 138 | GPT-4o (2024-08-06) OpenAI | 1065 | 3,376 | Proprietary | -16 |
| 139 | GPT-4.1 nano (2025-04-14) OpenAI | 1063 | 1,211 | Proprietary | -18 |
Alternatives · More from Ai2
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | Molmo 72B (0924) Ai2 | 1012 | 3,048 | Apache 2.0 |
| 158 | Molmo 7B-D (0924) Ai2 | 959 | 2,815 | Apache 2.0 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Molmo 2 8B rank among vision models?
Overall rank 136 (1081); OCR rank 123 (1058); Diagrams rank 123 (1072); Homework rank 118 (1069); English rank 135 (1092) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Molmo 2 8B at OCR?
Molmo 2 8B ranks 123 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1058 (796 votes).
Is Molmo 2 8B open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Molmo 2 8B from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Molmo 2 8B has 1081, 244 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.