Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.1 leads 64.5 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index49.030.3
Released2025-11-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked6310

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14541016
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1457993
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14471018
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
LMArena Expert1470—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1431977
LMArena Chinese14951014
LMArena Russian1435947
LMArena French1450—
LMArena German1438—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1443978
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1447—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14431032
LMArena Creative Writing1427990
LMArena Multi-Turn14501007
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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