Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs o3-mini

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and o3-mini in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 50.3.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and o3-mini specifications
ERNIE 5.1o3-mini
ProviderBaiduOpenAI
Noometry Index43.836.7
Released—2024-12-20
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.10
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), o3-mini: 40.8 (#132)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Coding14881378
Aider Polyglot—60.4%
SciCode—39.8%
GSO—1.3%
WeirdML—43.7%
LiveBench Coding—82.7%
CadEval—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, o3-mini: 29.6 (#84)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
Cybench—22.5%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), o3-mini: 16.3 (#305)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts14811366
ARC-AGI-2—3%
SimpleBench—22.8%
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
ARC-AGI-1—34.5%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—17%
LiveBench Reasoning—89.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—68.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—70.6%
LMCA—19%
Epoch Capabilities Index—140.34
ForecastBench—59.6
LiveBench—75.9%

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), o3-mini: 28.1 (#244)

Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), o3-mini: 38.3 (#146)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Expert14921364
GPQA Diamond—77%
SimpleQA Verified—15.3%
Confabulations—17.9%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), o3-mini: 45.7 (#164)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Non-English14541319
LMArena Chinese15081379
LMArena French14881334
LMArena German14701303
LMArena Japanese14221286
LMArena Korean14271314
LMArena Russian14591304
LMArena Spanish14731321

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), o3-mini: 75.1 (#72)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14601337
LiveBench Instruction Following—84.4%

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), o3-mini: 33.8 (#256)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Longer Query14621343
Fiction.LiveBench—50%

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), o3-mini: 50.3 (#182)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1o3-mini
LMArena Text14681337
LMArena Creative Writing14411286
LMArena Multi-Turn14711320
Short-Story Creative Writing—61.7%
LiveBench Language—50.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than o3-mini?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or o3-mini better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and o3-mini share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and o3-mini has 51.

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