Model comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 52.9 to 42.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 77.7% for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and 41.4% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Claude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index34.632.7
Released2024-06-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked6016

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Category by category

Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.0 (#165), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13421210
Aider Polyglot51.6%—
GSO4.6%—
WeirdML40%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.8%—
LiveBench Coding67.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete58.6%—
CadEval48%—
HumanEval+81.7%—
MBPP+74.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.3 (#67), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
TheAgentCompany24%—
Cybench17.5%—
BALROG32.6%—
METR Time Horizons45.2%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 23.1 (#183), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13051208
SimpleBench41.4%—
EnigmaEval0.9%—
LiveBench Reasoning56.7%—
DTBench67.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.55—
ForecastBench60.7—
LiveBench59%—

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 19.2 (#288), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH27.6%16.1%
LMArena Math13071208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20258.5%—
LiveBench Math52.3%—
MATH Level 556.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.6 (#245), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro77.7%41.4%
GPQA (HELM)56.5%28.7%
GPQA Diamond55.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam4.1%—
Confabulations19.9%—
LMArena Expert1265—
MMLU87.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.5 (#120), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1125—
Video-MME60%—
GeoBench62%—
VPCT33%—

Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.2 (#185), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12831160
LMArena Chinese12721192
LMArena Russian13061187
LMArena French1305—
LMArena German1297—
LMArena Japanese1234—
LMArena Korean1200—
LMArena Spanish1290—

Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 68.8 (#182), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval85.5%78%
LMArena Instruction Following12971186
LiveBench Instruction Following69.3%—

Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#167), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13111194

Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 52.9 (#164), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text12981218
LMArena Creative Writing12921199
WildBench79.2%73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn13261221
Short-Story Creative Writing80.3%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1451—
LiveBench Language53.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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