Model comparison
Olmo 3 32b Think vs Sonar
Olmo 3 32b Think and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.7 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 25.9 to 21.1.
- Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 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 | 14 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1302 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Olmo 3 32b Think: 36.5 (#165), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1316 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1273 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1300 | — |
| LMArena French | 1291 | — |
| LMArena German | 1290 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1254 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1275 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1296 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3 32b Think | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1300 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1256 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 3 32b Think better than Sonar?
Olmo 3 32b Think and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.7 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Olmo 3 32b Think or Sonar better for coding?
Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 3 32b Think and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3 32b Think has 14 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.