Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 18.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.230.3
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5410

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14921016
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 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b 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 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1488993
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 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1495—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1476977
LMArena Chinese15261014
LMArena Russian1493947
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 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1467978

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14821032
LMArena Creative Writing1470990
LMArena Multi-Turn14811007
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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