Model comparison
o1-mini vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 8.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 46.9% for o1-mini and 84.4% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
Side by side
| o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2024-09-12 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 32.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 36.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 48% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
| HumanEval+ | 89% | — |
| MBPP+ | 78.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 18.1% | 35.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.82 | 143.26 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 14% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 72.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| LiveBench | 57.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| LiveBench Math | 62% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1358 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | — |
| LMArena French | 1293 | — |
| LMArena German | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1303 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1317 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is o1-mini better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.