Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 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 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 19.5.
  • 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 Plus specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.747.5
Released—2026-03-31
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked1637

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding12101467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12081449
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—81.9%
LMCA—33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.65

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Math12081450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond—88.4%
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1454

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English11601424
LMArena Chinese11921477
LMArena Russian11871434
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1452
LMArena Japanese—1389
LMArena Korean—1379
LMArena Spanish—1432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11861425
IFEval78%—

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query11941439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text12181437
LMArena Creative Writing11991404
LMArena Multi-Turn12211438
WildBench73.4%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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