Model comparison
o1-mini vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 28.4 to 8.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 46.9% for o1-mini and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
Side by side
| o1-mini | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-09-12 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1328 |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 36.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 89% | — |
| MBPP+ | 78.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | 1317 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 18.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 14% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 72.3% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.82 | — |
| LiveBench | 57.8% | — |
Math o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1358 | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 62% | — |
Knowledge o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | 1328 |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1293 | — |
| LMArena German | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1303 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | 1303 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1317 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 1336 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is o1-mini better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is o1-mini or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen Plus share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.