Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 23.6.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index37.932.7
Released2025-09-15—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked316

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1210

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1208

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH—16.1%
LMArena Math—1208

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1160
LMArena Chinese—1192
LMArena Russian—1187

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval—78%
LMArena Instruction Following—1186

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1194

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text—1218
LMArena Creative Writing—1199
WildBench—73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1221

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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