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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Olmo 7b Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 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 3.8 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 reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 18.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderGoogleAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index61.830.3
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5010

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding15101016
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1508993
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math15281018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1491977
LMArena Chinese15541014
LMArena Russian1515947
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1490978

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14991032
LMArena Creative Writing1492990
LMArena Multi-Turn15011007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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