Model comparison
Mistral Medium vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 36.3 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. Mistral Medium scores higher in 4 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.1 to 25.0.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 36.3 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2023-12-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | 1347 |
| FrontierCode | 8% | — |
| SciCode | 40.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 763.98 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.7% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1426 | 1322 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 75.5% | — |
| LMCA | 26.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 26.9% | — |
Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1408 | 1305 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 32.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 81.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.3% | — |
Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | 1308 |
| GPQA Diamond | 59.5% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 22.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1172 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1408 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1432 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1433 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1378 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1398 | 1299 |
Long Context Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1424 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1391 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1309 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 77.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium has 36 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.