# Grok 4.6 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

> Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-olmo-7b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 18.8.
- Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 56.9 | 30.3 |
| Rank | 21 | 295 |
| Context | 500K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1016 |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 48% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 993 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | — |
| CritPt | 19.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LMCA | 48.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.44 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1018 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 51% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 977 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1480 | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 947 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | — |
| LMArena German | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1376 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1404 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 978 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1454 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1032 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1428 | 990 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1007 |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.6 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.6 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.