Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.5

Rank #14 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 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 math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.3 to 33.6.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.538.8
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6816

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.8 (#28), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14971346
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#12), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.7 (#17), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14851322
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.92—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.3 (#14), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#13), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert15071307
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.8 (#19), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1302—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.4 (#22), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14651275
LMArena Chinese15201304
LMArena French14931328
LMArena German14721283
LMArena Korean14491206
LMArena Russian14801268
LMArena Spanish14531337
LMArena Japanese1484—

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.3 (#25), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14691298

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14741312
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 72.1 (#18), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14691311
LMArena Creative Writing14391264
LMArena Multi-Turn14821309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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