Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Olmo 7b Instruct
Mistral Small 3 and Olmo 7b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Mistral Small 3 leads 63.7 to 49.0.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 30.3 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | 1016 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | 993 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | — |
Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1240 | 1018 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | 977 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 947 |
| LMArena French | 1203 | — |
| LMArena German | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | 978 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | 1032 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | 990 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | 1007 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?
Mistral Small 3 and Olmo 7b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral Small 3 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.