Model comparison
Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 35.9 to 29.6.
Side by side
| Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 33.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.46 |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1018 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1014 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 947 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3.5-9B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.