Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 26.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.239.4
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 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14921347
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 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 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 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14881322
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 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15041305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
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 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14951308
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14761275
LMArena Chinese15261304
LMArena French14901328
LMArena German14921282
LMArena Korean14511206
LMArena Russian14931268
LMArena Spanish14801336
LMArena Japanese1486—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14671299

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14821312

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14821311
LMArena Creative Writing14701264
LMArena Multi-Turn14811309
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

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

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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