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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 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 3.6 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 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 25.9.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.138.7
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4614

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14911319
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 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14851302
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 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math15051316
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 (#8), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert14881273
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
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 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14691255
LMArena Chinese15311300
LMArena French15041291
LMArena German14781290
LMArena Russian14871254
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14661275

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14741296

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14791300
LMArena Creative Writing14651256
LMArena Multi-Turn14811290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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