Model comparison

Claude Opus 5 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.7 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 5 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 5 leads 86.1 to 33.6.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Claude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderAnthropicAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index67.738.8
Released2026-07-24—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$25—
Results tracked5716

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 67.0 (#5), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding15331346
DeepSWE73.6%—
FrontierCode53.4%—
CursorBench46.6%—
LMArena WebDev1694—
FrontierSWE52%—
SciCode56.4%—
WeirdML91.8%—
ALE-Bench2,165—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 5: 55.5 (#1), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents65.8%—
OSWorld 2.031.4%—
τ²-bench Banking48.7%—
PostTrainBench35%—
BALROG63.4%—
GBAEval79.6%—
GDP.pdf24%—
Vending-Bench 211,182—

Reasoning Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 77.1 (#3), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts15251322
ARC-AGI-290.4%—
SimpleBench80.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94.3%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt29.1%—
Chess Puzzles42%—
EBR-Bench45.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles59%—
DTBench97.9%—
LMCA64.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.12—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.67—

Math Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 86.1 (#6), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math15331305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)85.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 473.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 66.8 (#8), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert15581307
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
SimpleQA Verified59.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 5: 51.1 (#6), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1321—
Blueprint-Bench 230.4%—
Furniture Assembly60.8%—
LMArena Document1516—

Multilingual Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 58.8 (#3), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English15001275
LMArena Chinese15751304
LMArena French15221328
LMArena German15221283
LMArena Korean15261206
LMArena Russian15071268
LMArena Spanish15191337
LMArena Japanese1510—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.3 (#5), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following15161298

Long Context Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 46.5 (#20), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query15161312

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 5 leads

Claude Opus 5: 79.3 (#2), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text15061311
LMArena Creative Writing14911264
LMArena Multi-Turn14961309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2133—
EQ-Bench 41385—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 5 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Claude Opus 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 67.7 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 5 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Claude Opus 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 67.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 5 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 5 has 57 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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