Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen Plus leads 45.3 to 35.0.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen Plus specifications
Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.236.7
Released—2024-01-25
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1620

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.6 (#222), Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Coding12101328

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 22.6 (#174), Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12081317
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.3%
DTBench—81.1%
LMCA—24%

Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 24.8 (#255), Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Math12081326
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—17.8%
Omni-MATH16.1%—
MATH Level 5—65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.2 (#274), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
GPQA Diamond—48.1%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1328

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.0 (#243), Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Non-English11601310
LMArena Chinese11921347
LMArena Russian11871323
LMArena Japanese—1251

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.8 (#238), Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11861303
IFEval78%—

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#229), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query11941325

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.3 (#231), Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen Plus
LMArena Text12181326
LMArena Creative Writing11991293
LMArena Multi-Turn12211336
WildBench73.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 34.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen Plus share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.

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