Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.4 mini vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Olmo 7b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

30.3

Rank #295 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 mini 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-5.4 mini leads 64.0 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index45.030.3
Released2026-03-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$4.50—
Results tracked4610

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14381016
FrontierCode27%—
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML60.3%—
ALE-Bench1,189—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
DeepResearch Bench36.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1424993
ARC-AGI-218.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)61.8%—
ARC-AGI-163.7%—
CritPt10%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization61.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles11%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA40.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index148.84—
ForecastBench57—

Math GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14191018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 49.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
ProofBench21%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)28.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond86.9%—
SimpleQA Verified29.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
LMArena Expert1435—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1245—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1405977
LMArena Chinese14461014
LMArena Russian1417947
LMArena French1440—
LMArena German1409—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1368—
LMArena Spanish1405—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1405978

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1407—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 mini leads

GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

BenchmarkGPT-5.4 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14121032
LMArena Creative Writing1370990
LMArena Multi-Turn14291007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1665—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 mini better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 mini or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 mini and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 mini has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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