# Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

> Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-vs-olmo-2-0325-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 11

## Summary

- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 39.3 to 19.2.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 151 | 248 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $7.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1210 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1263 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1208 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.42 | — |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1208 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 41.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 28.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1443 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 1187 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1453 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1186 |
| IFEval | — | 78% |

## Long Context

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1414 | 1194 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1372 | 1199 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1221 |
| WildBench | — | 73.4% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.
