Model comparison
Olmo 7b Instruct vs Qwen2-72B
Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen2-72B 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 . 10 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 7b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2-72B leads 40.8 to 25.8.
Side by side
| Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1016 | 1196 |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 993 | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |
Math Too close to call
Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1018 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1171 |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 977 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1014 | 1240 |
| LMArena Russian | 947 | 1169 |
| LMArena French | — | 1170 |
| LMArena German | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1169 |
Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 978 | 1181 |
Long Context Not comparable
Olmo 7b Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1192 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads
Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Olmo 7b Instruct | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1032 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 990 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1007 | 1196 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Olmo 7b Instruct better than Qwen2-72B?
Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen2-72B 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 Qwen2-72B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (29.6 vs 29.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Olmo 7b Instruct and Qwen2-72B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 7b Instruct has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.