# Olmo 7b Instruct vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Olmo 7b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#293); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/olmo-7b-instruct-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 7B leads 34.2 to 29.1.

## Snapshot

| | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 293 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.1 (#298)
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.2

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.0 (#273)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 92.92 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Olmo 7b Instruct: 27.8 (#234)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1018 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- Olmo 7b Instruct: —
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |

## Multilingual

- Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.1 (#286)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 946 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.3 (#296)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Olmo 7b Instruct: 26.0 (#298)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Olmo 7b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#293); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Olmo 7b Instruct or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and StarCoder 2 7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.