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Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B vs Olmo 3 1125 32B

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B (Allen Institute) and Olmo 3 1125 32B (Allen Institute) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, Olmo 3 1125 32B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#196 vs #208); and Olmo 3 1125 32B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B leads Olmo 3 1125 32B for this pair.

Choose Olmo 3 1125 32B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #196 against #208 (16.4 vs 8.7 points).
  • you want to self-host: Olmo 3 1125 32B ships open weights while Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B is restricted license.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Olmo 3 1125 32B was listed 4 November 2025, Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B 20 November 2024.

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B vs Olmo 3 1125 32B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B and Olmo 3 1125 32B
FieldLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8BAllen InstituteOlmo 3 1125 32BAllen Institute
ModelCap Index position#208#196
Index score8.716.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window— tokens— tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed00
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed20 November 20244 November 2025
PublisherAllen InstituteAllen Institute

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · publisher-corpus-prior over 201 held-out anchors (25%); launch card against 4 resolved peers on 6 rows (75%); exceeds every named peer on 1 of 6 rows; no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 0.6 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B vs Olmo 3 1125 32B

Neither model has a published result on a public benchmark board ModelCap tracks yet.

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B vs Olmo 3 1125 32B: common questions

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B better than Olmo 3 1125 32B?

Olmo 3 1125 32B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #196 against #208. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B cheaper than Olmo 3 1125 32B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B or Olmo 3 1125 32B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B or Olmo 3 1125 32B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B and Olmo 3 1125 32B open-weight models?

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B: Restricted license. Olmo 3 1125 32B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B and Olmo 3 1125 32B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B and 0 for Olmo 3 1125 32B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8B vs Olmo 3 1125 32B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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