Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 66.3 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.232.7
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5416

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14921210
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14881208
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15041208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1495—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14761160
LMArena Chinese15261192
LMArena Russian14931187
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14671186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14821194

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14821218
LMArena Creative Writing14701199
LMArena Multi-Turn14811221
WildBench—73.4%
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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