Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Mistral Medium 3.5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.2 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 51.9 to 42.6.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 39.4 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1347 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1322 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | — |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1305 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1308 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1451 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | 1336 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | 1299 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1309 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Mistral Medium 3.5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.2 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.