Model comparison

o1-mini vs o3-pro

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 1 category and o3-pro in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.2 to 40.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 32.9% for o1-mini and 84.9% for o3-pro.

Side by side

o1-mini and o3-pro specifications
o1-minio3-pro
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index34.042.9
Released2024-09-122025-06-10
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$20
Output $ / M tokens—$80
Results tracked3912

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
Aider Polyglot32.9%84.9%
WeirdML36.3%58.2%
LiveBench Coding48%—
LMArena Coding1362—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), o3-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
Cybench10%—

Reasoning o3-pro leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
ARC-AGI-20.8%4.9%
ARC-AGI-114%59.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82147.42
SimpleBench18.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.1%
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1333—
DTBench—86.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
LMCA—38.5%
LiveBench57.8%—

Math Not comparable

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), o3-pro: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
LMArena Math1358—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
Confabulations18.6%14.2%
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.3%
LMArena Expert1316—

Multilingual Not comparable

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), o3-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
LMArena Non-English1289—
LMArena Chinese1314—
LMArena French1293—
LMArena German1278—
LMArena Japanese1245—
LMArena Korean1223—
LMArena Russian1283—
LMArena Spanish1303—

Instruction Following Not comparable

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), o3-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1304—

Long Context o3-pro leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
Fiction.LiveBench—97.2%
LMArena Longer Query1320—

Writing & Preference o3-pro leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-minio3-pro
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%84.4%
LMArena Text1317—
LMArena Creative Writing1244—
LMArena Multi-Turn1314—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than o3-pro?

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or o3-pro better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and o3-pro share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.

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