Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Olmo 7b Instruct
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Olmo 7b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 30.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 42.8 to 25.8.
- Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 30.3 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1016 |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 993 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1018 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 977 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 947 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 978 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Olmo 7b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1032 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 990 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1007 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Olmo 7b Instruct?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Olmo 7b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 30.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Olmo 7b Instruct share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.