Noometry

Model comparison

o1-mini vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 48.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 46.9% for o1-mini and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.

Side by side

o1-miniQwen3 Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index34.043.7
Released2024-09-122025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3933

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding13621456
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
ALE-Bench—370.45
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Qwen3 Max: —

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
Cybench10%—
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13331448
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82142.38
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
ARC-AGI-114%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
LMCA—28.3%
LiveBench57.8%—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%73.3%
LMArena Math13581446
MATH Level 589.2%97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
LiveBench Math62%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond62.4%72.6%
LMArena Expert13161455
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
Confabulations18.6%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English12891429
LMArena Chinese13141478
LMArena French12931449
LMArena German12781463
LMArena Japanese12451397
LMArena Korean12231399
LMArena Russian12831428
LMArena Spanish13031462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13041419
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query13201438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

Benchmarko1-miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Text13171439
LMArena Creative Writing12441402
LMArena Multi-Turn13141446
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen3 Max share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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