Model comparison
o1-mini vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 8.8.
Side by side
| o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-09-12 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 39 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1487 |
| 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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | 1483 |
| 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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1358 | 1474 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 62% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1293 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1278 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1303 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1317 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 1478 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is o1-mini better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is o1-mini or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.