Model comparison

Mistral Small 3.2 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

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Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 36.5 to 26.3.

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Mistral Small 3.2 and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Mistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
ProviderMistral AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index31.238.7
Released2025-06-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window256K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.0938—
Output $ / M tokens$0.25—
Results tracked614

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding—1319

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
Chess Puzzles1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1302
Epoch Capabilities Index131.74—

Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202530.3%—
LMArena Math—1316

Knowledge Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
GPQA Diamond49.1%—
LMArena Expert—1273

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English—1255
LMArena Chinese—1300
LMArena French—1291
LMArena German—1290
LMArena Russian—1254

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following—1275

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query—1296

Writing & Preference Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Olmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text—1300
LMArena Creative Writing—1256
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1255—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1290

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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