Model comparison
Olmo 3.1 32b Think vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.9 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3.1 32b Think scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 47.7 to 38.1.
Side by side
| Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Think leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1291 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1305 | 1365 |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1338 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1209 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1260 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | 1193 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1289 | 1360 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1247 | 1355 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1272 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Olmo 3.1 32b Think | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1272 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1226 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1252 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 3.1 32b Think better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.9 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Olmo 3.1 32b Think or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 3.1 32b Think and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.