Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Olmo 7b Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 62.4 to 25.8.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index44.330.3
Released2025-09-29—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4910

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14541016
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
WeirdML39.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
APEX-Agents21.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1434993
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.27—

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14351018
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—
LMArena Expert1436—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1409977
LMArena Chinese14611014
LMArena Russian1424947
LMArena French1433—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1371—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1413978

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14251032
LMArena Creative Writing1403990
LMArena Multi-Turn14271007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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