Model comparison

Olmo 3.1 32b Think vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

Olmo 3.1 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3.1 32b Think scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads 37.7 to 22.6.

Side by side

Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specifications
Olmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.933.4
Released—2024-09-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—33K
Max output—29K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.66
Output $ / M tokens—$1
Results tracked1531

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Coding12911276
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9%
Aider Polyglot—16.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—49%
LiveBench Coding—56.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—58%
HumanEval+—87.2%
MBPP+—77%

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12721251
LiveBench Reasoning—42.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—119.49
HellaSwag—83%
LiveBench—46.2%
WinoGrande—80.8%

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Math13051251
LiveBench Math—46.6%
GSM8K—93%

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Expert12951221
ARC (AI2) Challenge—70.5%
MMLU—79.1%

Multilingual Too close to call

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Non-English12091205
LMArena Chinese12421222
LMArena Russian11931228
LMArena French1260—
LMArena German1262—
LMArena Spanish1289—

Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Instruction Following12471223
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.7%

Long Context Too close to call

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Longer Query12721251

Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads

Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32b ThinkQwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Text12721230
LMArena Creative Writing12261174
LMArena Multi-Turn12521222
LiveBench Language—23.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 3.1 32b Think better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

Olmo 3.1 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 3.1 32b Think or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.

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