Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 3 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 15.2.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index35.139.4
Released2024-12-06—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
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Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked5416

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13501347
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
WeirdML25.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
TheAgentCompany11.4%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13461322
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
DTBench63.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math13521305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%—
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert13391308
GPQA Diamond64.1%—
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13421275
LMArena Chinese13731304
LMArena French13911328
LMArena German13531282
LMArena Korean13131206
LMArena Russian13511268
LMArena Spanish13631336
LMArena Japanese1294—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13361299
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13441312
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13541311
LMArena Creative Writing13401264
LMArena Multi-Turn13501309
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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