Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads 26.8 to 14.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 61% for Mistral Small 3.1 and 41.4% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 32.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 102K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1210 |
Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1208 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1208 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | 41.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | 28.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1187 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | — |
| LMArena German | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 75% | 78% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1186 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1194 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1199 |
| WildBench | 78.8% | 73.4% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1221 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.7 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.