Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic

40.8

Rank #136 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 62.6 to 46.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
Claude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index40.837.3
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output32K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$75—
Results tracked4815

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.3 (#69), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.1 (#186)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding14791292
SWE-bench Verified73.3%—
LMArena WebDev1390—
WeirdML45.9%—
ALE-Bench674.77—
AlgoTune1.34—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 34.8 (#38), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 31.6 (#70), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 24.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14431272
SimpleBench60%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
EnigmaEval7.2%—
EBR-Bench7.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA37.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.11—
ForecastBench62—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.0 (#267), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 33.6 (#170)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math14301305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 41.9 (#93), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.0 (#178)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert14391294
GPQA Diamond77.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.2 (#114), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.1 (#90), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.3 (#226)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14051210
LMArena Chinese14271241
LMArena French14321262
LMArena German14121260
LMArena Russian14211193
LMArena Spanish14481288
LMArena Japanese1378—
LMArena Korean1381—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.8 (#53), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.8 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14361246

Long Context Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#60), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14551272

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.6 (#70), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.4 (#215)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text14191271
LMArena Creative Writing14121226
LMArena Multi-Turn14441252
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 37.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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