# Grok 3 vs Olmo 3 32b Think

> Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-3-vs-olmo-3-32b-think
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 3 leads 46.0 to 34.4.
- Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 150 | 182 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 3: 41.5 (#113)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.0 (#169)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1432 | 1318 |
| Aider Polyglot | 53.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 3: 30.2 (#69)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: —

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 29.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 3: 13.8 (#322)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 24.9 (#138)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1433 | 1302 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| SimpleBench | 36.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 138.34 | — |

## Math

- Grok 3: 36.2 (#122)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 33.8 (#165)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1390 | 1315 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 55.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 46.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 88.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 3: 46.0 (#76)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 34.4 (#189)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1420 | 1272 |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 78.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 14.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 65% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 3: 52.5 (#81)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.4 (#205)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1300 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1291 |
| LMArena German | 1431 | 1290 |
| LMArena Russian | 1416 | 1255 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1374 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 3: 75.2 (#69)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.4 (#193)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1409 | 1275 |
| IFEval | 88.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok 3: 38.7 (#187)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#177)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | 1296 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 3: 56.0 (#136)
- Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.2 (#188)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1426 | 1300 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1414 | 1256 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1289 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1186 | — |
| WildBench | 84.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 3 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 3 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.