Model comparison

Claude 2.1 vs o1-mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Claude 2.1 Anthropic

25.2

Rank #345 Reported

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 10.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 46.9% for o1-mini.

Side by side

Claude 2.1 and o1-mini specifications
Claude 2.1o1-mini
ProviderAnthropicOpenAI
Noometry Index25.234.0
Released2023-11-212024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked739

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
WeirdML7.1%36.3%
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LiveBench Coding—48%
LMArena Coding—1362
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 2.1: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
Cybench—10%

Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads

Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
Epoch Capabilities Index119.27135.82
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
ARC-AGI-1—14%
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1333
DTBench51%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
ForecastBench54.2—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math o1-mini leads

Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.9%46.9%
LiveBench Math—62%
LMArena Math—1358
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge o1-mini leads

Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
GPQA Diamond33%62.4%
Confabulations—18.6%
LMArena Expert—1316
MMLU73.5%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude 2.1: —, o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
LMArena Non-English—1289
LMArena Chinese—1314
LMArena French—1293
LMArena German—1278
LMArena Japanese—1245
LMArena Korean—1223
LMArena Russian—1283
LMArena Spanish—1303

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude 2.1: —, o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%
LMArena Instruction Following—1304

Long Context Not comparable

Claude 2.1: —, o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query—1320

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude 2.1: —, o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 2.1o1-mini
LMArena Text—1317
LMArena Creative Writing—1244
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1314
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 2.1 better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 2.1 or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and o1-mini share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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