# Claude 2 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

> Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-olmo-3-1-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.3 to 9.3.
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 346 | 168 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1347 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1322 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1305 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1308 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1304 |
| LMArena French | — | 1328 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1336 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1299 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1309 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.