Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 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 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 25.9.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index61.838.7
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5014

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding15101319
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts15081302
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math15281316
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert15241273
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14911255
LMArena Chinese15541300
LMArena French14981291
LMArena German14931290
LMArena Russian15151254
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14901275

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query15081296

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14991300
LMArena Creative Writing14921256
LMArena Multi-Turn15011290
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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