Model comparison
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct vs Phi-4
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher in 8 categories and Phi-4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 33.6 to 19.6.
Side by side
| Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 38.8 | 30.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.07 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154), Phi-4: 33.8 (#237)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1346 | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —, Phi-4: 22.6 (#120)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.8% |
| BALROG | — | 11.6% |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131), Phi-4: 17.0 (#287)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1322 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.43 |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |
Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169), Phi-4: 19.6 (#279)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1305 | 1246 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 64.9% |
Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175), Phi-4: 32.5 (#204)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1307 | 1203 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.7% |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |
Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185), Phi-4: 37.4 (#232)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1304 | 1211 |
| LMArena French | 1328 | 1223 |
| LMArena German | 1283 | 1222 |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | 1151 |
| LMArena Russian | 1268 | 1209 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1337 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1158 |
Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182), Phi-4: 60.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |
Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161), Phi-4: 36.9 (#221)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | 1217 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179), Phi-4: 40.7 (#239)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1311 | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1264 | 1182 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1309 | 1206 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better than Phi-4?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct or Phi-4 better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct and Phi-4 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.