
Molmo 2 8B
Molmo 2 8B is an open-weight model from Ai2. It ranks #260 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1288.
LMArena text1288−6 in 30 days
Rank#260/351
95% interval1267–1309
Votes823
- Developer
- Ai2
- Released
- Feb 9, 2026
- Context window
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- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
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- Weights
- Open · Apache 2.0
- Inputs
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- Reasoning
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- Tool use
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LatestMolmo 2 8B 1288
The rating LMArena published at each update since Feb 9, 2026. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.
LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1288 | 260 / 351 | 823 |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1270 | 256 / 351 | 220 |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1287 | 255 / 351 | 451 |
| VisionLMArena | 1081 | 136 / 146 | 1.2K |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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Ai2
The Allen Institute for AI builds OLMo, fully open models with open data and training code. Founded 2014, based in Seattle. allenai.org
Questions
Who makes Molmo 2 8B?
Molmo 2 8B is made by Ai2, founded 2014 and based in Seattle.
How does Molmo 2 8B rank?
#260 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1288 (95% interval 1267–1309) from 823 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.
Is Molmo 2 8B open source?
Molmo 2 8B has open weights under the Apache 2.0 license.
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