Model comparison

GPT-4.1 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 OpenAI

35.9

Rank #219 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-4.1 leads 37.1 to 19.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 81.1% for GPT-4.1 and 41.4% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index35.932.7
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$8—
Results tracked5216

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#238), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13911210
SWE-bench Verified48.5%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)39.6%—
Aider Polyglot52.4%—
WeirdML39%—
CadEval42%—
ALE-Bench558.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1: 34.7 (#43), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard54%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#339), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13841208
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
SimpleBench27%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
EnigmaEval2.2%—
DTBench68.3%—
LMCA25.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.78—
ForecastBench61.5—

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1: 22.3 (#280), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH47.1%16.1%
LMArena Math13701208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202538.3%—
MATH Level 583%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 37.1 (#160), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro81.1%41.4%
GPQA (HELM)65.9%28.7%
GPQA Diamond66.9%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
SimpleQA Verified31.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.6%—
LMArena Expert1364—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1: 38.2 (#67), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1211—
GeoBench72%—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 49.4 (#133), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13701160
LMArena Chinese13821192
LMArena Russian13771187
LMArena French1382—
LMArena German1381—
LMArena Japanese1319—
LMArena Korean1339—
LMArena Spanish1376—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 71.3 (#153), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval83.8%78%
LMArena Instruction Following13671186

Long Context GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#163), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13851194
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 57.6 (#125), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13831218
LMArena Creative Writing13631199
WildBench85.4%73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn13981221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1420—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (34.4 vs 35.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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