Model comparison

GPT-4 vs o1-mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 10.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 23% for GPT-4 and 89.2% for o1-mini.

Side by side

GPT-4 and o1-mini specifications
GPT-4o1-mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index29.134.0
Released2023-03-142024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window8K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$60—
Results tracked3839

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
WeirdML12.4%36.3%
LMArena Coding12541362
HumanEval+79.3%89%
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct46%—
LiveBench Coding—48%
BigCodeBench Complete57.2%—
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons36.1%—

Reasoning GPT-4 leads

GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts12411333
Epoch Capabilities Index125.89135.82
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
ARC-AGI-1—14%
Chess Puzzles4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench62.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA17.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard75.1%—
ForecastBench57.8—
HellaSwag95.3%—
LiveBench—57.8%
WinoGrande87.5%—

Math o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%46.9%
LMArena Math12691358
MATH Level 523%89.2%
LiveBench Math—62%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%
GSM8K92%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
GPQA Diamond35.7%62.4%
LMArena Expert12111316
Confabulations—18.6%
MMLU86.4%—
TriviaQA84.8%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
LMArena Non-English12461289
LMArena Chinese12421314
LMArena French12831293
LMArena German12511278
LMArena Japanese12091245
LMArena Korean11841223
LMArena Russian12511283
LMArena Spanish12611303

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following12411304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query12441320

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o1-mini
LMArena Text12631317
LMArena Creative Writing12441244
LMArena Multi-Turn12571314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing752—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4 better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4 or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and o1-mini share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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