Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where QwQ-32B leads 37.2 to 19.5.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and QwQ-32B specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.739.8
Released—2024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1636

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding12101333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning Too close to call

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12081325
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Math12081359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
Confabulations—15.6%
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1324

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English11601305
LMArena Chinese11921378
LMArena Russian11871297
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following11861297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%
IFEval78%—

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query11941308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Text12181329
LMArena Creative Writing11991288
LMArena Multi-Turn12211314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
WildBench73.4%—
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

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

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.2 vs 35.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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