Model comparison

Olmo 7b Instruct vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 25.8.

Side by side

Olmo 7b Instruct and QwQ-32B specifications
Olmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.339.8
Released—2024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1036

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding10161333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts9931325
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Math10181359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%
LMArena Expert—1324

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English9771305
LMArena Chinese10141378
LMArena Russian9471297
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following9781297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context Not comparable

Olmo 7b Instruct: —, QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%
LMArena Longer Query—1308

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 7b InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Text10321329
LMArena Creative Writing9901288
LMArena Multi-Turn10071314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 7b Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and QwQ-32B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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