Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Olmo 3.1 32b Think Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

37.3

Rank #191 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.9 to 24.1.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.137.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4615

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.1 (#186)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding14921292
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1536—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 24.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14861272
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 Index154.36—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 33.6 (#170)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math15041305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.0 (#178)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert14891294
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.3 (#226)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14701210
LMArena Chinese15301241
LMArena French15011262
LMArena German14781260
LMArena Russian14901193
LMArena Spanish14771288
LMArena Japanese1477—
LMArena Korean1435—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.8 (#213)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14671246

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14751272

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.4 (#215)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text14781271
LMArena Creative Writing14641226
LMArena Multi-Turn14811252
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 37.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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