Noometry

Model comparison

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

39.4

Rank #168 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 36.1.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.451.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked1629

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13471471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13221457
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math13051465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13081478
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12751437
LMArena Chinese13041487
LMArena French13281449
LMArena Russian12681445
LMArena Spanish13361454
LMArena German1282—
LMArena Korean1206—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following12991438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13121457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text13111447
LMArena Creative Writing12641435
LMArena Multi-Turn13091456

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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