Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 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 GPT-5.5 leads 72.8 to 18.8.
  • Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderOpenAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index63.430.3
Released2026-04-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7110

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14941016
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 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b 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 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1489993
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 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1467977
LMArena Chinese15331014
LMArena Russian1473947
LMArena French1486—
LMArena German1480—
LMArena Japanese1498—
LMArena Korean1460—
LMArena Spanish1468—

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1479978

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
CL-bench Life22.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1484—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14721032
LMArena Creative Writing1455990
LMArena Multi-Turn14761007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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