Model comparison

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 26.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index48.639.4
Released2026-02-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4616

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14591347
LMArena WebDev1375—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench1,150—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench57.3%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
LMArena Search1189—
Vending-Bench 24,663—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14511322
ARC-AGI-265.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)85.4%—
ARC-AGI-189.5%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization63.8%—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA38.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.98—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14551305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
ProofBench14%—

Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14391308
GPQA Diamond89.3%—
SimpleQA Verified30.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14411275
LMArena Chinese14811304
LMArena French14761328
LMArena German14651282
LMArena Korean14171206
LMArena Russian14581268
LMArena Spanish14431336
LMArena Japanese1449—

Instruction Following Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14201299

Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14371312
CL-bench22.2%—
CL-bench Life11.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14511311
LMArena Creative Writing14381264
LMArena Multi-Turn14561309
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1574—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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