Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.4 to 46.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.837.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3815

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.1 (#186)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding14551292
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 24.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14411272
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 33.6 (#170)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math14311305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.0 (#178)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert14301294
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Vision1266—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.3 (#226)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14281210
LMArena Chinese14671241
LMArena French14521262
LMArena German14541260
LMArena Russian14431193
LMArena Spanish14401288
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1406—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.8 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14201246

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14351272

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.4 (#215)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text14361271
LMArena Creative Writing14191226
LMArena Multi-Turn14451252
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 37.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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