Model comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Olmo 3.1 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 34.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic

34.6

Rank #231 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads 36.3 to 19.2.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
Claude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index34.637.9
Released2024-06-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
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Results tracked6015

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Category by category

Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.0 (#165), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding13421291
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 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
TheAgentCompany24%—
Cybench17.5%—
BALROG32.6%—
METR Time Horizons45.2%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 23.1 (#183), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts13051272
SimpleBench41.4%—
EnigmaEval0.9%—
LiveBench Reasoning56.7%—
DTBench67.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.55—
ForecastBench60.7—
LiveBench59%—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 19.2 (#288), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math13071305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20258.5%—
Omni-MATH27.6%—
LiveBench Math52.3%—
MATH Level 556.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.6 (#245), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert12651295
GPQA Diamond55.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam4.1%—
MMLU-Pro77.7%—
Confabulations19.9%—
GPQA (HELM)56.5%—
MMLU87.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.5 (#120), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Vision1125—
Video-MME60%—
GeoBench62%—
VPCT33%—

Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.2 (#185), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English12831209
LMArena Chinese12721242
LMArena French13051260
LMArena German12971262
LMArena Russian13061193
LMArena Spanish12901289
LMArena Japanese1234—
LMArena Korean1200—

Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 68.8 (#182), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following12971247
LiveBench Instruction Following69.3%—
IFEval85.5%—

Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#167), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query13111272

Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 52.9 (#164), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text12981272
LMArena Creative Writing12921226
LMArena Multi-Turn13261252
Short-Story Creative Writing80.3%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1451—
WildBench79.2%—
LiveBench Language53.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Olmo 3.1 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 34.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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