Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.2 leads 50.2 to 26.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.139.4
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6716

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14471347
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1416—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.2 (#35), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14451322
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14451308
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14251275
LMArena Chinese14601304
LMArena French14551328
LMArena German14481282
LMArena Korean13921206
LMArena Russian14401268
LMArena Spanish14331336
LMArena Japanese1420—

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14171299

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14281312
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14391311
LMArena Creative Writing14011264
LMArena Multi-Turn14581309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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