Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 7 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.6 to 35.4.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index44.938.8
Released2025-09-29—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4816

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.4 (#61), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14541346
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
WeirdML39.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 37.9 (#31), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.0 (#185), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14331322
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.28—

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 40.8 (#75), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14351305
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.6 (#61), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14361307
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.4 (#85), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14091275
LMArena Chinese14611304
LMArena French14351328
LMArena German14401283
LMArena Korean13721206
LMArena Russian14231268
LMArena Spanish14411337
LMArena Japanese1377—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.7 (#89), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14131298

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#15), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14281312
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.5 (#73), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14251311
LMArena Creative Writing14031264
LMArena Multi-Turn14271309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 48 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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