Model comparison

o1-mini vs Qwen1.5-72B

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #285 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where o1-mini leads 34.9 to 11.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 62.4% for o1-mini and 28.8% for Qwen1.5-72B.
  • Qwen1.5-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Qwen1.5-72B specifications
o1-miniQwen1.5-72B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.030.8
Released2024-09-122024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3922

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Coding13621165
HumanEval+89%59.1%
MBPP+78.8%61.6%
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.2%
LiveBench Coding48%—
BigCodeBench Complete—40.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen1.5-72B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts13331148
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), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Math13581164
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), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
GPQA Diamond62.4%28.8%
LMArena Expert13161136
Confabulations18.6%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Non-English12891135
LMArena Chinese13141186
LMArena French12931159
LMArena German12781084
LMArena Japanese12451061
LMArena Korean12231050
LMArena Russian12831104
LMArena Spanish13031110

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Instruction Following13041141
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Longer Query13201157

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-72B
LMArena Text13171166
LMArena Creative Writing12441137
LMArena Multi-Turn13141160
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Qwen1.5-72B?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen1.5-72B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.

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