Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 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 knowledge, where Grok 4.5 leads 62.3 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Grok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index55.032.7
Released2026-07-08—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked5216

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14741210
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1553—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents56.2%—
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search1213—
Vending-Bench 23,887—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14621208
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles36%—
DTBench96.5%—
LMCA45.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14591208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1466—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1288—
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14401160
LMArena Chinese14961192
LMArena Russian14481187
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1446—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1404—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14461186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14631194

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14481218
LMArena Creative Writing14421199
LMArena Multi-Turn14561221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.5 or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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