Model comparison

Olmo 3.1 32b Think vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3.1 32b Think scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads 46.2 to 31.1.

Side by side

Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Olmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Microsoft
Noometry Index37.929.3
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1532

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding12911101
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12721100
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math13051151
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert12951067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12091058
LMArena Chinese12421061
LMArena French12601135
LMArena German12621080
LMArena Russian11931111
LMArena Spanish12891111
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894

Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12471087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12721088

Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text12721110
LMArena Creative Writing12261083
LMArena Multi-Turn12521068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 3.1 32b Think better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 3.1 32b Think or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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