Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 50.2.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index42.339.4
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5216

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14271347
Aider Polyglot71.4%—
SciCode35.7%—
WeirdML41.6%—
LiveBench Coding66.7%—
ALE-Bench804.12—
AlgoTune1.7—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
BALROG34.9%—
METR Time Horizons53.8%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14161322
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench40.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark69.4%—
ARC-AGI-121.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning83.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.29—
ForecastBench60—
LiveBench71.6%—

Math DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14001305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.4%—
Omni-MATH42.4%—
LiveBench Math80.7%—
MATH Level 596.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert13941308
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.3%—
Confabulations12.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.3%—
GPQA (HELM)66.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14121275
LMArena Chinese14421304
LMArena French14171328
LMArena German14041282
LMArena Korean13601206
LMArena Russian14231268
LMArena Spanish14111336
LMArena Japanese1391—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13821299
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13911312
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14281311
LMArena Creative Writing14051264
LMArena Multi-Turn14051309
Short-Story Creative Writing83%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1500—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language48.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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