Model comparison

o1-mini vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 23.8.
  • Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
o1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.028.8
Released2024-09-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3913

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding1362999
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Hard Prompts1333976
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 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Math13581026
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 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Expert1316980
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Confabulations18.6%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English1289979
LMArena Chinese13141024
LMArena German1278902
LMArena Russian1283952
LMArena French1293—
LMArena Japanese1245—
LMArena Korean1223—
LMArena Spanish1303—

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following1304978
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query1320988

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text1317997
LMArena Creative Writing1244969
LMArena Multi-Turn1314977
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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