# Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#168); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/olmo-3-1-32b-instruct-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 38.9 to 34.0.

## Snapshot

| | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 38.8 | 36.4 |
| Rank | 168 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)
- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1346 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |

## Reasoning

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1322 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |

## Math

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1305 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |

## Knowledge

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1307 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |

## Multilingual

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1275 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1304 | — |
| LMArena French | 1328 | — |
| LMArena German | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1268 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1337 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1298 | — |

## Long Context

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1311 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1309 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better than Phi-3.5-mini?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#168); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct or Phi-3.5-mini better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct and Phi-3.5-mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.