Model comparison

Granite 4.0 Micro vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

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Granite 4.0 Micro IBM

29.0

Rank #318 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 35.0 to 9.9.

Side by side

Granite 4.0 Micro and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Granite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderIBMAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.038.7
Released2025-10-02—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output118K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.017—
Output $ / M tokens$0.11—
Results tracked814

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding—1319

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1302

Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.8%—
Omni-MATH20.9%—
LMArena Math—1316

Knowledge Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
GPQA Diamond28.3%—
MMLU-Pro39.5%—
GPQA (HELM)30.7%—
LMArena Expert—1273

Multilingual Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English—1255
LMArena Chinese—1300
LMArena French—1291
LMArena German—1290
LMArena Russian—1254

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
IFEval84.9%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1275

Long Context Not comparable

Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query—1296

Writing & Preference Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGranite 4.0 MicroOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text—1300
LMArena Creative Writing—1256
WildBench67%—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1290

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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