Model comparison

Mistral Small 3.2 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.3 to 26.3.

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Mistral Small 3.2 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Mistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderMistral AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index31.239.4
Released2025-06-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window256K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.0938—
Output $ / M tokens$0.25—
Results tracked616

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding—1347

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
Chess Puzzles1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1322
Epoch Capabilities Index131.74—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202530.3%—
LMArena Math—1305

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond49.1%—
LMArena Expert—1308

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1275
LMArena Chinese—1304
LMArena French—1328
LMArena German—1282
LMArena Korean—1206
LMArena Russian—1268
LMArena Spanish—1336

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1299

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1312

Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text—1311
LMArena Creative Writing—1264
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1255—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1309

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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