Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Olmo 3 32b Think
Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Olmo 3 32b Think in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 36.5 to 22.1.
- Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1319 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Olmo 3 32b Think: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1302 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1316 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1273 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Olmo 3 32b Think: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1300 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1291 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1290 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1275 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1296 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1300 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1256 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1290 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Olmo 3 32b Think?
Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?
Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Olmo 3 32b Think share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.