Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 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 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.132.7
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4616

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14911210
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14851208
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15051208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14691160
LMArena Chinese15311192
LMArena Russian14871187
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14661186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14741194

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14791218
LMArena Creative Writing14651199
LMArena Multi-Turn14811221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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