Model comparison

o1-mini vs Phi-4 Mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini Microsoft

30.9

Rank #283 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Phi-4 Mini leads 22.4 to 8.8.
  • Phi-4 Mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Phi-4 Mini specifications
o1-miniPhi-4 Mini
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index34.030.9
Released2024-09-122024-12-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.075
Output $ / M tokens—$0.30
Results tracked393

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
SciCode—10.8%
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
LMArena Coding1362—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Phi-4 Mini: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
CritPt—0%
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1333—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math Not comparable

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Phi-4 Mini: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
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), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Confabulations18.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.5%
LMArena Expert1316—

Multilingual Not comparable

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Phi-4 Mini: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
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), Phi-4 Mini: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1304—

Long Context Not comparable

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Phi-4 Mini: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query1320—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Phi-4 Mini: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi-4 Mini
LMArena Text1317—
LMArena Creative Writing1244—
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1314—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Phi-4 Mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Phi-4 Mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.

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