Model comparison

o1-mini vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
o1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index34.032.7
Released2024-09-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3916

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13621210
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13331208
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math13581208
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%
LiveBench Math62%—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
Confabulations18.6%—
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1316—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12891160
LMArena Chinese13141192
LMArena Russian12831187
LMArena French1293—
LMArena German1278—
LMArena Japanese1245—
LMArena Korean1223—
LMArena Spanish1303—

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13041186
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—
IFEval—78%

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13201194

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13171218
LMArena Creative Writing12441199
LMArena Multi-Turn13141221
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
WildBench—73.4%
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.5 vs 35.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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