Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Olmo 3 32b Think

GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.9 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

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GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 25.9.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
GPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index37.938.7
Released2025-09-15—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked314

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1319

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

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

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1302

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math—1316

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert—1273

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English—1255
LMArena Chinese—1300
LMArena French—1291
LMArena German—1290
LMArena Russian—1254

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following—1275

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query—1296

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text—1300
LMArena Creative Writing—1256
LMArena Multi-Turn—1290

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.9 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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