Model comparison

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

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Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 22.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderAmazonAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index33.439.4
Released2025-12-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked316

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
SciCode42.7%—
LMArena Coding—1347

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
GDP.pdf2%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1322

Math Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math—1305

Knowledge Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert—1308

Multilingual Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 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

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1299

Long Context Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1312

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text—1311
LMArena Creative Writing—1264
LMArena Multi-Turn—1309

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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