Model comparison

o1-mini vs Qwen1.5-32B

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.5

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 13.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 62.4% for o1-mini and 30.7% for Qwen1.5-32B.
  • Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
o1-miniQwen1.5-32B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.030.5
Released2024-09-122024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3921

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Coding13621155
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
LiveBench Coding48%—
BigCodeBench Complete—42%
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-32B leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts13331130
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math13581155
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
GPQA Diamond62.4%30.7%
LMArena Expert13161126
Confabulations18.6%—
MMLU—74.4%

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English12891106
LMArena Chinese13141177
LMArena French12931101
LMArena German12781058
LMArena Japanese12451027
LMArena Korean12231008
LMArena Russian12831073
LMArena Spanish13031089

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following13041116
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query13201146

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text13171137
LMArena Creative Writing12441083
LMArena Multi-Turn13141140
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Qwen1.5-32B?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen1.5-32B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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