Model comparison

Mistral vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 35.0 to 16.6.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mistral and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
MistralOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderMistral AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.938.7
Released——
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2214

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding11621319

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts11491302

Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Math11801316
Omni-MATH7.2%—

Knowledge Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert11251273
MMLU-Pro27.7%—
GPQA (HELM)30.3%—

Multilingual Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English11291255
LMArena Chinese11091300
LMArena French11801291
LMArena German11551290
LMArena Russian11681254
LMArena Japanese1013—
LMArena Korean1032—
LMArena Spanish1143—

Instruction Following Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following11521275
IFEval56.8%—

Long Context Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query11531296

Writing & Preference Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistralOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text11651300
LMArena Creative Writing11581256
LMArena Multi-Turn11471290
WildBench66%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Mistral or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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