Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 2 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 10.8.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 mini and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index33.639.4
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4716

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13671347
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13491322
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math13431305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert13381308
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13181275
LMArena Chinese13291304
LMArena French13581328
LMArena German13511282
LMArena Korean12981206
LMArena Russian13241268
LMArena Spanish13191336
LMArena Japanese1290—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13331299
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13441312
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13401311
LMArena Creative Writing13001264
LMArena Multi-Turn13541309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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