Model comparison
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 41.8 to 19.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 41.4% for Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and 78.6% for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
Side by side
| Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.7 | 43.0 |
| Released | — | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1210 | 1440 |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1208 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 16.1% | 46.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1208 | 1440 |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 41.4% | 78.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 28.7% | 63% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1417 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1160 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1192 | 1460 |
| LMArena Russian | 1187 | 1404 |
| LMArena French | — | 1413 |
| LMArena German | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1364 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1435 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 78% | 81% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1186 | 1389 |
Long Context Too close to call
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1194 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1199 | 1334 |
| WildBench | 73.4% | 80.7% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1221 | 1416 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.