Model comparison

o3-mini vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

o3-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o3-mini leads 38.3 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o3-mini and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
o3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index36.732.7
Released2024-12-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.10—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5116

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Category by category

Coding o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 40.8 (#132), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding13781210
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
LiveBench Coding82.7%—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.6 (#84), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#305), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13661208
ARC-AGI-23%—
SimpleBench22.8%—
ARC-AGI-134.5%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis70.6%—
LMCA19%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.34—
ForecastBench59.6—
LiveBench75.9%—

Math o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 28.1 (#244), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math13961208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202576.9%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%
LiveBench Math77.3%—
MATH Level 596.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)12.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 38.3 (#146), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond77%—
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
Confabulations17.9%—
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1364—

Multilingual o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 45.7 (#164), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English13191160
LMArena Chinese13791192
LMArena Russian13041187
LMArena French1334—
LMArena German1303—
LMArena Japanese1286—
LMArena Korean1314—
LMArena Spanish1321—

Instruction Following o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 75.1 (#72), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13371186
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%—
IFEval—78%

Long Context Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

o3-mini: 33.8 (#256), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13431194
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 50.3 (#182), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniOlmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text13371218
LMArena Creative Writing12861199
LMArena Multi-Turn13201221
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%—
WildBench—73.4%
LiveBench Language50.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

o3-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-mini or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

o3-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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