Model comparison
Olmo 7b Instruct vs Palm 2
Olmo 7b Instruct and Palm 2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.3 vs 30.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
GoogleSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Palm 2 in 3 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Olmo 7b Instruct leads 24.0 to 20.9.
- Olmo 7b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | 994 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | 1005 |
Math Too close to call
Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1018 | 1049 |
Multilingual Olmo 7b Instruct leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1014 | 887 |
| LMArena Russian | 947 | — |
Instruction Following Palm 2 leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | 1010 |
Long Context Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | 994 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Palm 2?
Olmo 7b Instruct and Palm 2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.3 vs 30.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Olmo 7b Instruct or Palm 2 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.6 vs 29.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Palm 2 share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.