Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4.6 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 knowledge, where Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads 51.6 to 19.2.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Claude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index50.132.2
Released2026-02-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5716

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.0 (#62), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding15041210
SWE-bench Verified75.2%—
DeepSWE29.9%—
FrontierCode24.3%—
LMArena WebDev1521—
SciCode46.8%—
WeirdML66.1%—
ALE-Bench1,327—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 39.1 (#26), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench53.4%—
APEX-Agents43%—
OSWorld 2.09.3%—
DeepResearch Bench54.9%—
OSWorld72.1%—
ExploitBench23.6%—
GBAEval48.8%—
GDP.pdf18%—
LMArena Search1221—
Vending-Bench 27,204—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.1 (#40), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14851208
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)80.9%—
ARC-AGI-186.5%—
CritPt3.1%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
Thematic Generalization76.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles16%—
DTBench89.9%—
LMCA46.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index152.25—
ForecastBench62—

Math Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.9 (#41), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14631208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202585.8%—
ProofBench45%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)32.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)8.3%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.6 (#60), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond87.4%—
SimpleQA Verified35.5%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.6%—
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1500—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 38.0 (#61), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 26.7%—
LMArena Document1482—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 54.6 (#39), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14401160
LMArena Chinese14911192
LMArena Russian14401187
LMArena French1465—
LMArena German1428—
LMArena Japanese1419—
LMArena Korean1411—
LMArena Spanish1465—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 77.6 (#23), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14761186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 45.3 (#40), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14791194

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 70.4 (#22), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14581218
LMArena Creative Writing14351199
LMArena Multi-Turn14641221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1810—
WildBench—73.4%
EQ-Bench 41207—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.1 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.0 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 57 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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