Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

39.4

Rank #168 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 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 4.6 leads 61.4 to 26.4.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index56.939.4
Released2026-08-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4916

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14651347
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14471322
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14231305
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert14671308
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14201275
LMArena Chinese14801304
LMArena French14611328
LMArena German14311282
LMArena Korean13971206
LMArena Russian14221268
LMArena Spanish14041336
LMArena Japanese1376—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14311299

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14541312

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14281311
LMArena Creative Writing14281264
LMArena Multi-Turn14251309

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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