Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Terra vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 26.8.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Terra and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index59.232.7
Released2026-07-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked5216

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14841210
DeepSWE69.6%—
FrontierCode41.3%—
CursorBench41.3%—
LMArena WebDev1522—
SciCode55%—
WeirdML78.3%—
ALE-Bench1,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents58.2%—
BALROG53.2%—
GDP.pdf24.7%—
Vending-Bench 27,343—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14681208
ARC-AGI-283.9%—
SimpleBench48.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark51.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)78.4%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench93.3%—
LMCA55%—
Surface Evolver Bench83.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.62—

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14661208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)86%—
FrontierMath Tier 470.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.7%—
ProofBench74%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
SimpleQA Verified43.2%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1492—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1271—
Blueprint-Bench 230.8%—
Furniture Assembly54.2%—
LMArena Document1472—

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14391160
LMArena Chinese15131192
LMArena Russian14501187
LMArena French1471—
LMArena German1460—
LMArena Japanese1457—
LMArena Korean1425—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14541186
IFEval—78%

Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14511194

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14471218
LMArena Creative Writing14101199
LMArena Multi-Turn14491221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1855—
WildBench—73.4%
EQ-Bench 41234—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Terra or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Terra and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Terra has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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