Model comparison
Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads 46.7 to 25.8.
Side by side
| Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | 1292 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1018 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1245 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1014 | 1272 |
| LMArena Russian | 947 | 1264 |
| LMArena French | — | 1280 |
| LMArena German | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1256 |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.2 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.