Model comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic

34.4

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 33.8 to 18.0.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Claude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index34.438.1
Released2024-06-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked6014

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Category by category

Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.5 (#145), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.0 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding13431318
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: 32.1 (#61), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
TheAgentCompany24%—
Cybench17.5%—
BALROG32.6%—
METR Time Horizons45.2%—

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 22.5 (#176), Olmo 3 32b Think: 24.9 (#138)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts13051302
SimpleBench41.4%—
EnigmaEval0.9%—
LiveBench Reasoning56.7%—
DTBench67.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.55—
ForecastBench60.7—
LiveBench59%—

Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 18.0 (#282), Olmo 3 32b Think: 33.8 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math13061315
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 32b Think leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.5 (#236), Olmo 3 32b Think: 34.4 (#189)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert12641272
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: 26.0 (#115), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1125—
Video-MME60%—
GeoBench62%—
VPCT33%—

Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.4 (#180), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.4 (#205)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English12831255
LMArena Chinese12711300
LMArena French13041291
LMArena German12971290
LMArena Russian13051255
LMArena Japanese1234—
LMArena Korean1200—
LMArena Spanish1289—

Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 69.0 (#177), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.4 (#193)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following12971275
LiveBench Instruction Following69.3%—
IFEval85.5%—

Long Context Too close to call

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#162), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#177)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query13111296

Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 53.0 (#159), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.2 (#188)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text12981300
LMArena Creative Writing12921256
LMArena Multi-Turn13261289
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 32b Think?

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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