Compare/Molmo2-8B vs gpt-oss-120B (low)

Molmo2-8Bvsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Allen Institute for AI

Molmo2-8B

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (low)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
255 tok/s
TTFT
0.51s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Molmo2-8B
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Lower Latency
Molmo2-8B
Benchmarks (0-11)
gpt-oss-120B (low)

Pricing Comparison

MetricMolmo2-8Bgpt-oss-120B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Molmo2-8B$0.00
gpt-oss-120B (low)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Molmo2-8B
gpt-oss-120B (low)
255 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Molmo2-8B
gpt-oss-120B (low)
0.51s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
7.324.5
Coding Index
4.415.5
Math Index
66.7
GPQA Diamond
42.5%67.2%
MMLU-Pro
77.5%
LiveCodeBench
70.7%
AIME 2025
66.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.4%5.2%
SciCode
13.3%36.0%
IFBench
26.9%58.3%
TerminalBench
0.0%5.3%
Molmo2-8B0 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Molmo2-8B or gpt-oss-120B (low)?

Molmo2-8B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (low).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (low) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Molmo2-8B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (low) generates tokens faster at 255 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Molmo2-8B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.51s).

When should I use Molmo2-8B vs gpt-oss-120B (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: Molmo2-8B for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (low) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.