Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 37.9 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 26.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index37.939.4
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 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1347

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1322

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math—1305

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert—1308

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1275
LMArena Chinese—1304
LMArena French—1328
LMArena German—1282
LMArena Korean—1206
LMArena Russian—1268
LMArena Spanish—1336

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1299

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1312

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text—1311
LMArena Creative Writing—1264
LMArena Multi-Turn—1309

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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