Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 8.6.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1347 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1322 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1305 |
Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1308 |
Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1299 |
Long Context Too close to call
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1309 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Medium or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.1 vs 39.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.