Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 knowledge, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 36.1.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index52.339.4
Released2025-12-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5916

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14601347
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14651322
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14731305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14621308
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14581275
LMArena Chinese15111304
LMArena French14771328
LMArena German14971282
LMArena Korean14431206
LMArena Russian14801268
LMArena Spanish14691336
LMArena Japanese1489—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14371299

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14521312

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14661311
LMArena Creative Writing14571264
LMArena Multi-Turn14711309

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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