Model comparison

Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.3 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-VL 235B-A22B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 60.2 to 25.8.

Side by side

Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B specifications
Olmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.343.2
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked1018

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding10161439

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts9931428

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math10181426

Knowledge Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert—1442

Multimodal Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English9771405
LMArena Chinese10141463
LMArena Russian9471408
LMArena French—1452
LMArena German—1424
LMArena Japanese—1385
LMArena Korean—1394
LMArena Spanish—1428

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following9781406

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query—1420

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text10321420
LMArena Creative Writing9901366
LMArena Multi-Turn10071428

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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