Model comparison

GPT-4o mini vs o1-mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 36 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o mini OpenAI

25.5

Rank #343 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 36 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o mini scores higher in 1 category and o1-mini in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 10.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.9% for GPT-4o mini and 46.9% for o1-mini.

Side by side

GPT-4o mini and o1-mini specifications
GPT-4o minio1-mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index25.534.0
Released2024-07-182024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked6039

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 22.0 (#335), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
Aider Polyglot3.6%32.9%
WeirdML11.8%36.3%
LiveBench Coding43.1%48%
LMArena Coding12901362
HumanEval+83.5%89%
MBPP+72.2%78.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct46.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4o mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 27.5 (#101), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
Cybench—10%
BALROG17.4%—

Reasoning Too close to call

GPT-4o mini: 8.7 (#347), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
ARC-AGI-20%0.8%
SimpleBench10.7%18.1%
LiveBench Reasoning32.8%72.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts12671333
LiveBench Data Analysis50%57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index126.56135.82
LiveBench41.3%57.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark28.8%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
Chess Puzzles0%—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench54.4%—
LMCA10.4%—
PIQA88.7%—

Math o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 10.4 (#314), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.9%46.9%
LiveBench Math36.3%62%
LMArena Math12671358
MATH Level 552.6%89.2%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.7%—
Omni-MATH28%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%
GSM8K91.3%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 17.7 (#284), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
GPQA Diamond37.7%62.4%
Confabulations37.2%18.6%
LMArena Expert12351316
SimpleQA Verified8.3%—
MMLU-Pro60.3%—
GPQA (HELM)36.8%—
BoolQ88.7%—
MMLU81.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o mini: 25.9 (#122), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
LMArena Vision1066—
Video-MME64.8%—
GeoBench64%—
VPCT34%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 42.0 (#199), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
LMArena Non-English12661289
LMArena Chinese12651314
LMArena French12971293
LMArena German12721278
LMArena Japanese12161245
LMArena Korean11951223
LMArena Russian12751283
LMArena Spanish12761303

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 61.9 (#239), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
LiveBench Instruction Following56.8%65.4%
LMArena Instruction Following12581304
IFEval78.2%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 39.1 (#186), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
LMArena Longer Query12891320

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 39.5 (#248), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1-mini
LMArena Text12861317
LMArena Creative Writing12681244
Short-Story Creative Writing67.2%64.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn12851314
LiveBench Language28.6%40.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing873—
WildBench79.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o mini better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 22.0 in the Noometry coding category.

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

36 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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