Model comparison

o1-mini vs Olmo 7b Instruct

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
o1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index34.030.3
Released2024-09-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3910

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding13621016
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1333993
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 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math13581018
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Confabulations18.6%—
LMArena Expert1316—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1289977
LMArena Chinese13141014
LMArena Russian1283947
LMArena French1293—
LMArena German1278—
LMArena Japanese1245—
LMArena Korean1223—
LMArena Spanish1303—

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1304978
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1320—

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text13171032
LMArena Creative Writing1244990
LMArena Multi-Turn13141007
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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