Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.5 leads 56.9 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.5 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index37.230.3
Released2025-02-27—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4210

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding13961016
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1403993
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14121018
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
LMArena Expert1394—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1413977
LMArena Chinese14211014
LMArena Russian1419947
LMArena French1418—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1392—

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1404978
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1406—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14171032
LMArena Creative Writing1394990
LMArena Multi-Turn14441007
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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