Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 26.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.839.4
Released2026-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4416

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14971347
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14941322
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15071305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert15081308
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14841275
LMArena Chinese15481304
LMArena French15051328
LMArena German14981282
LMArena Korean14831206
LMArena Russian15161268
LMArena Spanish15031336
LMArena Japanese1512—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14831299

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14921312

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14861311
LMArena Creative Writing14901264
LMArena Multi-Turn14891309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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