Frequently Asked Questions (15)
When was Molmo2-8B released?
Molmo2-8B was released on December 11, 2025.
Who created Molmo2-8B?
Molmo2-8B was created by Allen Institute for AI.
How intelligent is Molmo2-8B?
Molmo2-8B scores 7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 12).
How fast is Molmo2-8B?
Molmo2-8B generates output at 106.3 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 101.8 t/s).
What is the latency of Molmo2-8B?
Molmo2-8B has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1.25s (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is better than average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 1.47s).
How verbose is Molmo2-8B?
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Molmo2-8B generated 3.2M output tokens, which is better than average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 5.3M).
Is Molmo2-8B a reasoning model?
No, Molmo2-8B is not a reasoning model. It provides direct responses without extended chain-of-thought reasoning.
What input modalities does Molmo2-8B support?
Molmo2-8B supports text, image, and video input.
What output modalities does Molmo2-8B support?
Molmo2-8B supports text output.
Can Molmo2-8B process images?
Yes, Molmo2-8B supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Is Molmo2-8B multimodal?
Yes, Molmo2-8B is multimodal. It can process text, image, and video input and generate text output.
What is the context window of Molmo2-8B?
Molmo2-8B has a context window of 37k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Is Molmo2-8B open source?
Yes, Molmo2-8B is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
How many parameters does Molmo2-8B have?
Molmo2-8B has 8.66 billion parameters.
What is the license for Molmo2-8B?
Molmo2-8B is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.