Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 19.2.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Flash specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.238.4
Released—2026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked1613

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Coding1210—
ALE-Bench—326.4

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
SimpleBench—35.2%
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts1208—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—77.1%
LMCA—31%
Epoch Capabilities Index—143.26

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—84.4%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
LMArena Math1208—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond—83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1160—
LMArena Chinese1192—
LMArena Russian1187—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
IFEval78%—
LMArena Instruction Following1186—

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1194—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1218—
LMArena Creative Writing1199—
WildBench73.4%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1221—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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