Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads 70.2 to 46.2.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
Claude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index50.337.9
Released2026-02-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5715

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 46.3 (#67), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding15041291
SWE-bench Verified75.2%—
DeepSWE29.9%—
FrontierCode24.3%—
LMArena WebDev1522—
SciCode46.8%—
WeirdML66.1%—
ALE-Bench1,327—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 39.1 (#28), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
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 (#45), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14841272
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 Index152.24—
ForecastBench62—

Math Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 52.9 (#49), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math14621305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202585.8%—
ProofBench45%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)32.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)8.3%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 51.7 (#65), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert15001295
GPQA Diamond87.4%—
SimpleQA Verified35.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 38.0 (#68), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Vision1283—
Blueprint-Bench 26.7%—
LMArena Document1482—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 54.4 (#41), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14401209
LMArena Chinese14911242
LMArena French14651260
LMArena German14281262
LMArena Russian14401193
LMArena Spanish14641289
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1411—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 77.4 (#25), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14751247

Long Context Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 45.3 (#44), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14791272

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads

Claude Sonnet 4.6: 70.2 (#22), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text14581272
LMArena Creative Writing14351226
LMArena Multi-Turn14641252
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1810—
EQ-Bench 41207—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has 57 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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