Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Olmo 7b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

30.3

Rank #295 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 68.2 to 25.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index54.130.3
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4610

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14911016
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1485993
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math15051018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
LMArena Expert1488—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1469977
LMArena Chinese15311014
LMArena Russian1487947
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1466978

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1474—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14791032
LMArena Creative Writing1465990
LMArena Multi-Turn14811007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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