Model comparison

Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen2.5-Max

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 55.4 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
Olmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.340.7
Released—2025-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1027

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Coding10161359
LiveBench Coding—64.4%

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Hard Prompts9931360
LiveBench Reasoning—51.4%
LiveBench Data Analysis—67.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—132.53
LiveBench—62.3%

Math Qwen2.5-Max leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Math10181369
LiveBench Math—58.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
Confabulations—21.8%
LMArena Expert—1337

Multilingual Qwen2.5-Max leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English9771352
LMArena Chinese10141382
LMArena Russian9471353
LMArena French—1396
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1304
LMArena Spanish—1377

Instruction Following Qwen2.5-Max leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Instruction Following9781335
LiveBench Instruction Following—75.3%

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query—1358

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text10321367
LMArena Creative Writing9901339
LMArena Multi-Turn10071364
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
LiveBench Language—56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen2.5-Max share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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