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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Olmo 7b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

29.7

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 18.0.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.529.7
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4610

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.1 (#298)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding15121016
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1581—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.0 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1506993
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Olmo 7b Instruct: 27.8 (#234)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math15281018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1529—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.1 (#286)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1486977
LMArena Chinese15471013
LMArena Russian1507946
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1505—
LMArena Korean1479—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.3 (#296)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1489978

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1506—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Olmo 7b Instruct: 26.0 (#298)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14941032
LMArena Creative Writing1485990
LMArena Multi-Turn15031007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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