Model comparison

Claude Opus 5.5 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5.5 leads 91.8 to 26.8.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Claude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index68.632.7
Released2026-09-22—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$4—
Output $ / M tokens$20—
Results tracked4416

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 71.9 (#3), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding15471210
FrontierCode54.6%—
CursorBench57.8%—
LMArena WebDev1813—
FrontierSWE62.3%—
SciCode66.9%—
MirrorCode77.4%—
ALE-Bench2,147—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 45.3 (#15), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents73.5%—
GDP.pdf30.6%—
Vending-Bench 29,235—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.2 (#3), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts15351208
ARC-AGI-293.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)88.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench71.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles71%—
DTBench98.9%—
LMCA68.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index167.33—

Math Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 91.8 (#3), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15061208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)91.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 495%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%
FrontierMath Erdős2.9%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 66.4 (#10), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond90.6%—
SimpleQA Verified72.2%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1547—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5.5: 57.8 (#1), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1321—
Blueprint-Bench 251.2%—
Furniture Assembly83.3%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 59.1 (#2), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English15071160
LMArena Chinese15881192
LMArena Russian15201187
LMArena French1514—
LMArena Spanish1507—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 80.0 (#3), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following15371186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 47.1 (#19), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query15321194

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5.5 leads

Claude Opus 5.5: 78.2 (#3), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text15151218
LMArena Creative Writing15331199
LMArena Multi-Turn14991221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2050—
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5.5 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Claude Opus 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 68.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 5.5 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Opus 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 71.9 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5.5 has 44 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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