Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 53.8 to 42.6.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index43.539.4
Released2026-04-02—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.09—
Output $ / M tokens$0.34—
Results tracked3516

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14591347
LMArena WebDev1366—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14481322
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14651305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14651308
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14311275
LMArena Chinese14761304
LMArena French14351328
LMArena Russian14601268
LMArena Spanish14441336
LMArena German—1282
LMArena Korean—1206

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14331299

Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14461312

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14431311
LMArena Creative Writing14151264
LMArena Multi-Turn14521309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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