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.
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 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2024-09-12 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 39 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 999 |
| 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), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | 976 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 18.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 14% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 72.3% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.82 | — |
| LiveBench | 57.8% | — |
Math o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1358 | 1026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 62% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | 980 |
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |
Multilingual o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1278 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1303 | — |
Instruction Following o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | 978 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | — |
Long Context o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 988 |
Writing & Preference o1-mini leads
o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1317 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 977 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | — |
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.