Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 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 Qwen3 Max in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 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 Max specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.743.7
Released—2025-09-23
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1633

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding12101456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —, Qwen3 Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12081448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Math12081446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1455

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English11601429
LMArena Chinese11921478
LMArena Russian11871428
LMArena French—1449
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399
LMArena Spanish—1462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11861419
IFEval78%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query11941438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3 Max
LMArena Text12181439
LMArena Creative Writing11991402
LMArena Multi-Turn12211446
WildBench73.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3 Max share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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