Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 25.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index56.738.8
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7116

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14831346
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#9), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14841322
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14851305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14841307
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14751275
LMArena Chinese15281304
LMArena French14881328
LMArena German14911283
LMArena Korean14581206
LMArena Russian14961268
LMArena Spanish14801337
LMArena Japanese1494—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14651298

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14821312
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14801311
LMArena Creative Writing14821264
LMArena Multi-Turn14861309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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