Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 42.0 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Claude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.032.7
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output32K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$75—
Results tracked4816

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14791210
SWE-bench Verified73.3%—
LMArena WebDev1390—
WeirdML45.9%—
ALE-Bench674.77—
AlgoTune1.34—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14431208
SimpleBench60%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
EnigmaEval7.2%—
EBR-Bench7.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA37.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.12—
ForecastBench62—

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14311208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond77.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14051160
LMArena Chinese14271192
LMArena Russian14221187
LMArena French1431—
LMArena German1413—
LMArena Japanese1378—
LMArena Korean1380—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14351186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14551194

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14191218
LMArena Creative Writing14121199
LMArena Multi-Turn14441221
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.4 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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