Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

32.7

Rank #254 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-3 mini leads 46.4 to 19.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA (HELM): 67.5% for Grok-3 mini and 28.7% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.232.7
Released2025-04-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked3516

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13791210
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13751208
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH31.8%16.1%
LMArena Math13861208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro79.9%41.4%
GPQA (HELM)67.5%28.7%
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
Confabulations10.8%—
LMArena Expert1395—

Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13521160
LMArena Chinese13871192
LMArena Russian13531187
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1342—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval95.1%78%
LMArena Instruction Following13571186

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13721194
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13701218
LMArena Creative Writing13421199
WildBench65.1%73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn13551221
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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