Model comparison

GPT-5 Mini vs Olmo 3 32b Think

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Mini OpenAI

41.8

Rank #128 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Mini scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Mini leads 45.6 to 35.0.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Mini and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
GPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.838.7
Released2025-08-07—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked6014

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 40.1 (#146), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14061319
SWE-bench Verified64.7%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)59.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual39.7%—
SciCode39.2%—
WeirdML52.7%—
ALE-Bench799.77—
AlgoTune1.38—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 31.1 (#70), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
Terminal-Bench34.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.5%—
Vending-Bench 2-31.18—

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

GPT-5 Mini: 23.9 (#168), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts13801302
ARC-AGI-24.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-154.3%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles30%—
EnigmaEval8.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles10%—
DTBench80.5%—
LMCA34.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.52—
ForecastBench61—

Math GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 46.7 (#69), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math13781316
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)46.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.7%—
ProofBench9%—
Omni-MATH72.2%—
MATH Level 597.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)27.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 45.6 (#86), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert13791273
GPQA Diamond75%—
Humanity's Last Exam19.4%—
SimpleQA Verified21.6%—
MMLU-Pro83.5%—
Confabulations13.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—
GPQA (HELM)75.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5 Mini: 35.6 (#85), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1202—
VPCT40.2%—

Multilingual GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 48.9 (#137), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English13631255
LMArena Chinese13851300
LMArena French13861291
LMArena German13661290
LMArena Russian13621254
LMArena Japanese1341—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Spanish1355—

Instruction Following GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 76.2 (#46), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following13571275
IFEval92.7%—

Long Context GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 41.9 (#132), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query13551296
Fiction.LiveBench69.4%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5 Mini leads

GPT-5 Mini: 55.2 (#148), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 MiniOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text13731300
LMArena Creative Writing13251256
LMArena Multi-Turn13631290
Short-Story Creative Writing83.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1313—
WildBench85.5%—

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-5 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.8 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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