Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Olmo 7b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

30.3

Rank #295 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 4 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 73.7 to 49.0.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index33.630.3
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4710

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding13671016
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 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1349993
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 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math13431018
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 Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—
LMArena Expert1338—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1318977
LMArena Chinese13291014
LMArena Russian1324947
LMArena French1358—
LMArena German1351—
LMArena Japanese1290—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1333978
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—
LMArena Longer Query1344—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text13401032
LMArena Creative Writing1300990
LMArena Multi-Turn13541007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.6 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-4.1 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.6 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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