Model comparison

Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads 60.2 to 26.0.

Side by side

Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B specifications
Olmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.741.6
Released—2026-02-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked1027

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.1 (#298), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#155)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Coding10161436
LMArena WebDev—1360
SciCode—35.6%

Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.0 (#273), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 26.4 (#121)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Hard Prompts9931421
NYT Connections (extended)—51.7%
CritPt—0.9%
Thematic Generalization—51.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84.3%
LMCA—32.2%

Math Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 27.8 (#234), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 36.4 (#114)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Math10181432

Knowledge Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.2 (#138)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.2%
LMArena Expert—1431

Multimodal Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.0 (#52)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision—1245

Multilingual Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.1 (#286), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.8 (#101)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English9771400
LMArena Chinese10131462
LMArena Russian9461400
LMArena French—1442
LMArena German—1425
LMArena Japanese—1364
LMArena Korean—1353
LMArena Spanish—1423

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.3 (#296), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 74.0 (#109)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following9781399

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Longer Query—1410

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 26.0 (#298), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.2 (#98)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text10321417
LMArena Creative Writing9901369
LMArena Multi-Turn10071416

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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