Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.5

Rank #232 Confirmed

Olmo 7b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

29.7

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 4 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 73.9 to 49.3.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index33.529.7
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4710

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.1 (#298)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding13671016
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.0 (#273)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1349993
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Olmo 7b Instruct leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264), Olmo 7b Instruct: 27.8 (#234)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math13431018
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—
LMArena Expert1338—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.1 (#286)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1318977
LMArena Chinese13291013
LMArena Russian1324946
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1291—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.3 (#296)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1332978
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—
LMArena Longer Query1344—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193), Olmo 7b Instruct: 26.0 (#298)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniOlmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text13411032
LMArena Creative Writing1300990
LMArena Multi-Turn13541007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-4.1 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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