Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 41.9 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index40.832.7
Released2026-03-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$1.50—
Results tracked3816

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14001210
LMArena WebDev1256—
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14071208
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14281208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%—
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1398—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14111160
LMArena Chinese14611192
LMArena Russian14201187
LMArena French1424—
LMArena German1429—
LMArena Japanese1413—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1421—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13771186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13941194

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14161218
LMArena Creative Writing14011199
LMArena Multi-Turn14171221
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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