# Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs QwQ-32B

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where QwQ-32B leads 37.2 to 19.5.

## Snapshot

| | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.7 | 39.8 |
| Rank | 254 | 159 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)
- QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1210 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Reasoning

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)
- QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1208 | 1325 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)
- QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1208 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 16.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |

## Knowledge

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 41.4% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 28.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1324 |

## Multilingual

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)
- QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1160 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1192 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1187 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1336 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)
- QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1186 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
| IFEval | 78% | — |

## Long Context

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1194 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)
- QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1199 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1221 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| WildBench | 73.4% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

### Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.2 vs 35.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and QwQ-32B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.