Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Olmo 3 32b Think Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

38.7

Rank #183 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think 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 25.9.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.238.7
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5414

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14921319
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 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
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 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14881302
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 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math15041316
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 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert14951273
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14761255
LMArena Chinese15261300
LMArena French14901291
LMArena German14921290
LMArena Russian14931254
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—
LMArena Spanish1480—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14671275

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14821296

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14821300
LMArena Creative Writing14701256
LMArena Multi-Turn14811290
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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