Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 33.6 to 10.0.
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1346 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1322 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1305 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1307 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1283 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1337 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1298 |
Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1309 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.