# Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#254); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/olmo-2-0325-32b-instruct-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 32.7 | 36.3 |
| Rank | 254 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1210 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1208 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.76 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 16.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1208 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 41.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 28.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multilingual

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1160 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1187 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 78% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1186 | — |

## Long Context

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1194 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1199 | — |
| WildBench | 73.4% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1221 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#254); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.2 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.