Model comparison

Llama 3.1-8B vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 22.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-8B Meta

22.8

Rank #347 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-8B scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads 24.8 to 9.5.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-8B and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Llama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderMetaAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index22.832.2
Released2024-07-23—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.05—
Output $ / M tokens$0.08—
Results tracked4316

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-8B: 19.9 (#335), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding11951210
SciCode13.2%—
WeirdML1.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct32.8%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.5%—
HumanEval+62.8%—
MBPP+55.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1-8B: 22.3 (#123), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard25.8%—
BALROG15.1%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-8B: 14.5 (#316), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11751208
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA5.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index116.48—
PIQA81.2%—

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-8B: 9.5 (#311), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Omni-MATH13.7%16.1%
LMArena Math11791208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.7%—
MATH Level 522.9%—
GSM8K82.4%—

Knowledge Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-8B: 8.0 (#302), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
MMLU-Pro40.6%41.4%
GPQA (HELM)24.7%28.7%
GPQA Diamond27%—
LMArena Expert1144—
BoolQ82.8%—
MMLU56.1%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Llama 3.1-8B: 34.2 (#244), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English11481160
LMArena Chinese11511192
LMArena Russian11581187
LMArena French1176—
LMArena German1144—
LMArena Japanese1061—
LMArena Korean1053—
LMArena Spanish1169—

Instruction Following Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-8B: 59.1 (#253), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
IFEval74.3%78%
LMArena Instruction Following11591186

Long Context Too close to call

Llama 3.1-8B: 35.8 (#233), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11821194

Writing & Preference Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-8B: 29.9 (#285), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-8BOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text11871218
LMArena Creative Writing11541199
WildBench68.7%73.4%
LMArena Multi-Turn11721221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing713—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-8B better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 22.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1-8B or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 19.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-8B and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-8B has 43 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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