Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 4 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 4 Anthropic

40.8

Rank #145 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 4 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Sonnet 4 leads 57.1 to 46.2.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 4 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
Claude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index40.837.9
Released2025-05-22—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$3—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked5815

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 4 leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 43.5 (#88), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding14141291
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)64.9%—
Aider Polyglot61.3%—
SciCode40%—
GSO4.9%—
WeirdML46.1%—
ALE-Bench655.35—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4: 38.5 (#31), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
TheAgentCompany33.1%—
Cybench35%—
DeepResearch Bench46.6%—
OSWorld43.9%—
METR Time Horizons62%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 22.9 (#187), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts13721272
ARC-AGI-25.9%—
SimpleBench45.5%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73%—
ARC-AGI-140%—
CritPt0.3%—
EnigmaEval3.1%—
DTBench77.1%—
LMCA29%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.69—
ForecastBench60.2—

Math Claude Sonnet 4 leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 43.3 (#80), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math13751305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
Omni-MATH60.2%—
MATH Level 584.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Claude Sonnet 4 leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 41.8 (#108), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert13721295
GPQA Diamond79.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam7.8%—
MMLU-Pro84.3%—
Confabulations13.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.3%—
GPQA (HELM)70.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 4: 26.2 (#121), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Vision1191—
GeoBench37%—
VPCT34%—
MindCube44.8%—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 4 leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 46.7 (#156), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English13331209
LMArena Chinese13501242
LMArena French13631260
LMArena German13311262
LMArena Russian13551193
LMArena Spanish13571289
LMArena Japanese1302—
LMArena Korean1291—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 4 leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 71.7 (#145), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following13761247
IFEval84%—

Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 33.7 (#259), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query13981272
Fiction.LiveBench46.9%—

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 4 leads

Claude Sonnet 4: 57.1 (#132), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 4Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text13511272
LMArena Creative Writing13451226
LMArena Multi-Turn13761252
Short-Story Creative Writing81.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1483—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 4 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 4 or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 4 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 4 has 58 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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