Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.5

Rank #232 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.3

Rank #319 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 48.8 to 23.9.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.528.3
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4713

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1367999
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1349976
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math13431026
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1338980
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1318979
LMArena Chinese13291024
LMArena German1349902
LMArena Russian1324952
LMArena French1357—
LMArena Japanese1291—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1332979
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1344988
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1341997
LMArena Creative Writing1300969
LMArena Multi-Turn1354977
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

GPT-4.1 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.4 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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