Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 3 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 36.5 to 10.6.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
GPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index28.638.7
Released2024-05-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7214

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3 32b Think leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding12971319
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
Aider Polyglot45.3%—
GSO0%—
WeirdML25.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
BALROG32.3%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts12811302
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench17.8%—
ARC-AGI-14.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math12851316
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
MATH Level 553.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge Olmo 3 32b Think leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert12501273
GPQA Diamond49.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Confabulations15.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English12831255
LMArena Chinese12771300
LMArena French13041291
LMArena German12821290
LMArena Russian12861254
LMArena Japanese1257—
LMArena Korean1234—
LMArena Spanish1292—

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following12781275
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query12891296
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text13001300
LMArena Creative Writing12921256
LMArena Multi-Turn13021290
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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