Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.7 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic

60.7

Rank #9 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 4.8 leads 78.2 to 33.8.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.8 and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Claude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index60.738.1
Released2026-05-28—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$25—
Results tracked6514

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 60.2 (#9), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.0 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14911318
DeepSWE59%—
FrontierCode46.5%—
LMArena WebDev1556—
SciCode53.5%—
GSO47.1%—
WeirdML82.9%—
ALE-Bench1,564—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.8: 47.6 (#10), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
APEX-Agents48.9%—
OSWorld 2.020.6%—
Remote Labor Index8.3%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
DeepResearch Bench50.2%—
PostTrainBench33.8%—
GBAEval70.9%—
GDP.pdf24%—
LMArena Search1204—
Vending-Bench 25,787—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 64.6 (#14), Olmo 3 32b Think: 24.9 (#138)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14811302
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench64.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.1%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles34%—
EnigmaEval23.5%—
EBR-Bench28.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles36%—
DTBench94.9%—
LMCA57.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench87.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index158.3—
ForecastBench59.9—

Math Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 78.2 (#11), Olmo 3 32b Think: 33.8 (#165)

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 61.3 (#26), Olmo 3 32b Think: 34.4 (#189)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert15011272
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified53%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.8: 43.2 (#20), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1295—
Blueprint-Bench 214.5%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1475—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 55.4 (#31), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.4 (#205)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14501255
LMArena Chinese15091300
LMArena French14821291
LMArena German14701290
LMArena Russian14761255
LMArena Japanese1440—
LMArena Korean1432—
LMArena Spanish1470—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 77.6 (#22), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.4 (#193)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14761275

Long Context Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 45.4 (#37), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#177)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14821296

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 72.1 (#17), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.2 (#188)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14601300
LMArena Creative Writing14531256
LMArena Multi-Turn14761289
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41281—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.8 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.7 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.8 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.2 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.8 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.8 has 65 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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