Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs o1-mini

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 94.2% for GPT-6.1 Sol and 0.8% for o1-mini.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 Sol and o1-mini specifications
GPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index65.634.0
Released2026-09-292024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3439

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
LMArena Coding14871362
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1755—
SciCode55.8%—
WeirdML—36.3%
LiveBench Coding—48%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
APEX-Agents60%—
Cybench—10%
GDP.pdf32%—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
ARC-AGI-294.2%0.8%
ARC-AGI-198.5%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14661333
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09135.82
SimpleBench—18.1%
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles80%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LiveBench—57.8%

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%46.9%
LMArena Math14641358
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
GPQA Diamond95.4%62.4%
LMArena Expert15021316
SimpleQA Verified73.9%—
Confabulations—18.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
LMArena Vision1288—
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
LMArena Non-English14381289
LMArena Chinese14771314
LMArena Russian14551283
LMArena French—1293
LMArena German—1278
LMArena Japanese—1245
LMArena Korean—1223
LMArena Spanish—1303

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14681304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14651320

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 Solo1-mini
LMArena Text14471317
LMArena Creative Writing14321244
LMArena Multi-Turn14491314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than o1-mini?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6.1 Sol or o1-mini better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and o1-mini share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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