Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads 24.8 to 15.4.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.226.2
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked164

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding1210—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1208—

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—8.1%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
LMArena Math1208—

Knowledge Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond—38%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English1160—
LMArena Chinese1192—
LMArena Russian1187—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
IFEval78%—
LMArena Instruction Following1186—

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query1194—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text1218—
LMArena Creative Writing1199—
WildBench73.4%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1221—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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