Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen Plus leads 45.1 to 34.8.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen Plus specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.737.1
Released—2024-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1620

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Coding12101328

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12081317
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
DTBench—81.1%
LMCA—24%

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Math12081326
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—17.8%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond—48.1%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1328

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English11601310
LMArena Chinese11921347
LMArena Russian11871323
LMArena Japanese—1251

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11861303
IFEval78%—

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query11941324

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Text12181326
LMArena Creative Writing11991293
LMArena Multi-Turn12211336
WildBench73.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen Plus share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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