Noometry

Model comparison

Olmo 3 32b Think vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Olmo 3 32b Think Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

38.7

Rank #183 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3 32b Think 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 35.0.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.751.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked1429

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13191471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 3 32b Think: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13021457
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 32b Think: 36.5 (#165), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math13161465
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 32b Think: 35.0 (#190), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert12731478
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12551437
LMArena Chinese13001487
LMArena French12911449
LMArena Russian12541445
LMArena German1290—
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following12751438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query12961457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text13001447
LMArena Creative Writing12561435
LMArena Multi-Turn12901456

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 3 32b Think better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 3 32b Think or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 3 32b Think and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3 32b Think has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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