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Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct vs GPT-5 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricOlmo 3.1 32B InstructGPT-5 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.20$0.25 Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.60$2.00 Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$25000.00 GPT-5 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct is 56% cheaper overall.

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct Providers

DeepInfra $0.20 (Cheapest)

GPT-5 Mini Providers

OpenAI $0.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $0.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct Wins
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GPT-5 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkOlmo 3.1 32B InstructGPT-5 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
12.041.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
5.635.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-90.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-83.7-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
53.982.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-83.8-
GPT-5 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
65,536
tokens
GPT-5 Mini
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 Mini has a 84% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricOlmo 3.1 32B InstructGPT-5 MiniWinner
Tokens/second47.2 tok/s75.4 tok/s
Time to First Token0.26s112.13s
GPT-5 Mini responds 60% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureOlmo 3.1 32B InstructGPT-5 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyOlmo 3.1 32B InstructGPT-5 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAllenaiOpenAI
ReleasedJan 2026Aug 2025

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.60/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 35.3, compared to Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct's score of 5.6.
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct has a 65,536 token context window, while GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window.
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5 Mini supports vision.