Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 3 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 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 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 leads 46.2 to 19.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 78.8% for Grok 3 and 41.4% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index39.932.7
Released2025-04-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4016

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14321210
Aider Polyglot53.3%—
WeirdML37.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
BALROG29.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14341208
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench36.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.33—

Math Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH46.4%16.1%
LMArena Math13911208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
MATH Level 588.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro78.8%41.4%
GPQA (HELM)65%28.7%
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.8%—
LMArena Expert1421—

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14101160
LMArena Chinese14481192
LMArena Russian14161187
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1387—
LMArena Korean1373—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval88.4%78%
LMArena Instruction Following14091186

Long Context Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14391194
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

BenchmarkGrok 3Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14261218
LMArena Creative Writing14141199
WildBench84.9%73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn14251221
Short-Story Creative Writing76.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1186—

Frequently asked questions

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

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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