Model comparison
Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 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 reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 18.8.
- Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1018 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1014 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 947 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.