# Mistral Small vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

> Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-vs-olmo-3-1-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 3 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.3 to 16.4.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 243 | 168 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1347 |
| SciCode | 26.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 36.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 497.62 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1322 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 44.8% | — |
| DTBench | 70.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 53.7% | — |
| LMCA | 20.6% | — |
| LiveBench | 44% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1341 | 1305 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | 1308 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| MMLU | 68.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1340 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | 1299 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1309 |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Small or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.