Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

GPT-5.1-Codex and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

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GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.3 to 30.3.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index38.639.4
Released2025-11-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked616

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
LMArena Coding—1347
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts—1322

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProofBench9%—
LMArena Math—1305

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert—1308

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1275
LMArena Chinese—1304
LMArena French—1328
LMArena German—1282
LMArena Korean—1206
LMArena Russian—1268
LMArena Spanish—1336

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1299

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1312

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text—1311
LMArena Creative Writing—1264
LMArena Multi-Turn—1309

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

GPT-5.1-Codex and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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