Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek

42.3

Rank #115 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 46.2.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
DeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index42.337.9
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window164K—
Max output64K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2.15—
Results tracked5215

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding14271291
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 Think: —

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

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14161272
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 Think: 36.3 (#168)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
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 Think: 35.7 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert13941295
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 Think: 38.1 (#231)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14121209
LMArena Chinese14421242
LMArena French14171260
LMArena German14041262
LMArena Russian14231193
LMArena Spanish14111289
LMArena Japanese1391—
LMArena Korean1360—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following13821247
LiveBench Instruction Following80.5%—
IFEval78.4%—

Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query13911272
Fiction.LiveBench75%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads

DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text14281272
LMArena Creative Writing14051226
LMArena Multi-Turn14051252
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 Think?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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