Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 leads 81.7 to 26.8.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index63.432.7
Released2026-04-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7116

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14941210
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1513—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14891208
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14671160
LMArena Chinese15331192
LMArena Russian14731187
LMArena French1486—
LMArena German1480—
LMArena Japanese1498—
LMArena Korean1460—
LMArena Spanish1468—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14791186
IFEval—78%

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14841194
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14721218
LMArena Creative Writing14551199
LMArena Multi-Turn14761221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
WildBench—73.4%
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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