Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Olmo 3 32b Think

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.7 to 24.9.
  • Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 3 32b Think specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.138.1
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5414

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.0 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Coding14921318
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Olmo 3 32b Think: 24.9 (#138)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14881302
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.55—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Olmo 3 32b Think: 33.8 (#165)

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Olmo 3 32b Think: 34.4 (#189)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Expert14931272
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Olmo 3 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.4 (#205)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14751255
LMArena Chinese15251300
LMArena French14901291
LMArena German15001290
LMArena Russian14911255
LMArena Japanese1481—
LMArena Korean1453—
LMArena Spanish1478—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.4 (#193)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14661275

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#177)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14811296

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.2 (#188)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashOlmo 3 32b Think
LMArena Text14811300
LMArena Creative Writing14671256
LMArena Multi-Turn14821289
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Olmo 3 32b Think?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Olmo 3 32b Think share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.

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