Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen2-72B

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.5 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 4 categories and Qwen2-72B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads 34.6 to 28.7.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen2-72B specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.229.5
Released—2024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1626

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding12101196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts12081191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Qwen2-72B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Math12081235
Omni-MATH16.1%—
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Qwen2-72B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1171
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English11601176
LMArena Chinese11921240
LMArena Russian11871169
LMArena French—1169
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083
LMArena Spanish—1168

Instruction Following Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following11861181
IFEval78%—

Long Context Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query11941193

Writing & Preference Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Text12181203
LMArena Creative Writing11991181
LMArena Multi-Turn12211195
WildBench73.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen2-72B?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen2-72B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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