Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Step 3.7 Flash

Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 26.8.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Step 3.7 Flash specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)StepFun
Noometry Index32.737.3
Released—2026-05-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—256K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.18
Output $ / M tokens—$1.11
Results tracked165

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Category by category

Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
SciCode—40%
LMArena Coding1210—
ALE-Bench—694.12

Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—39.7%
CritPt—2.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1208—

Math Step 3.7 Flash leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—68.5%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
LMArena Math1208—

Knowledge Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1160—
LMArena Chinese1192—
LMArena Russian1187—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
IFEval78%—
LMArena Instruction Following1186—

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1194—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1218—
LMArena Creative Writing1199—
WildBench73.4%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1221—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Step 3.7 Flash?

Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Step 3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.

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