Noometry

Model comparison

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

32.7

Rank #254 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 26.8.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Olmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.756.8
Released—2026-08-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1639

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding12101502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%
SciCode—53.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12081496
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.41

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Math12081499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—58%
Omni-MATH16.1%—

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%
MMLU-Pro41.4%—
GPQA (HELM)28.7%—
LMArena Expert—1507

Multimodal Not comparable

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision—1314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English11601472
LMArena Chinese11921538
LMArena Russian11871481
LMArena French—1503
LMArena German—1483
LMArena Japanese—1467
LMArena Korean—1461
LMArena Spanish—1492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11861479
IFEval78%—

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query11941489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkOlmo 2 0325 32b InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text12181483
LMArena Creative Writing11991479
LMArena Multi-Turn12211489
WildBench73.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct and Qwen3.8 Max share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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