Model comparison
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct vs Sonar
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 21.1.
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 38.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1322 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1305 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1308 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1304 | — |
| LMArena French | 1328 | — |
| LMArena German | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1336 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1311 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1309 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better than Sonar?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.4 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct or Sonar better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.