Model comparison
o1-mini vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 34.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 46.9% for o1-mini and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Side by side
| o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2024-09-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| WeirdML | 36.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 48% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
| HumanEval+ | 89% | — |
| MBPP+ | 78.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | 1449 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.82 | 147.65 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 18.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 14% | — |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 72.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| LiveBench | 57.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1358 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 62% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | 88.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | 1454 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1293 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1278 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1303 | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | 1425 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1317 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 1438 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is o1-mini better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is o1-mini or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.