Model comparison

Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 50.3 to 25.8.

Side by side

Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
Olmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.342.2
Released—2026-04-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$3.60
Results tracked1011

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
SciCode—37.3%
LMArena Coding1016—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
CritPt—0.9%
Chess Puzzles—22%
LMArena Hard Prompts993—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—78.1%
LMCA—34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.5

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
LMArena Math1018—

Knowledge Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond—85.9%

Multilingual Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English977—
LMArena Chinese1014—
LMArena Russian947—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following978—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1032—
LMArena Creative Writing990—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3.6 27B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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