Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 nano vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Olmo 7b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 nano OpenAI

27.9

Rank #327 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 nano scores higher in 3 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where GPT-4.1 nano leads 67.8 to 49.0.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index27.930.3
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3810

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 24.1 (#330), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding13061016
Aider Polyglot8.9%—
SciCode25.9%—
WeirdML19%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.5 (#104), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard33%—

Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 8.5 (#349), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1286993
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark33.3%—
ARC-AGI-10%—
CritPt0%—
DTBench52.5%—
LMCA5.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.62—

Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 26.9 (#252), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math12741018
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202528.9%—
Omni-MATH36.7%—
MATH Level 570%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#273), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond48.9%—
SimpleQA Verified6%—
MMLU-Pro55%—
GPQA (HELM)50.7%—
LMArena Expert1272—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 29.2 (#113), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1063—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 41.6 (#205), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1260977
LMArena Chinese12701014
LMArena Russian1261947
LMArena German1288—
LMArena Japanese1198—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 67.8 (#193), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1267978
IFEval84.3%—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#296), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench25%—
LMArena Longer Query1283—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 nano leads

GPT-4.1 nano: 40.5 (#243), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text12851032
LMArena Creative Writing1260990
LMArena Multi-Turn12771007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing946—
WildBench81.2%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Olmo 7b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.6 versus 24.1 in the Noometry coding category.

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

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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