Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Instant vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI

42.7

Rank #110 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.5 Instant leads 61.8 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Instant and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index42.730.3
Released2026-05-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2710

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 44.3 (#74), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14331016
SciCode48.6%—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 24.9 (#155), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1426993
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52—

Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 26.5 (#259), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14201018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 48.9 (#74), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond82.5%—
LMArena Expert1409—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 40.0 (#52), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1250—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 52.8 (#80), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1417977
LMArena Chinese14561014
LMArena Russian1431947
LMArena French1428—
LMArena German1411—
LMArena Japanese1408—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1429—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 74.2 (#100), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1406978

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Instant: 43.4 (#96), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1422—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 Instant leads

GPT-5.5 Instant: 61.8 (#85), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 InstantOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14191032
LMArena Creative Writing1419990
LMArena Multi-Turn14331007

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Instant better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-5.5 Instant is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 Instant or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.5 Instant scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Instant and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Instant has 27 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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