Noometry

Model comparison

o3-mini vs Qwen2.5-Max

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #205 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.1

Rank #142 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 24.6 to 16.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 89.6% for o3-mini and 51.4% for Qwen2.5-Max.

Side by side

o3-miniQwen2.5-Max
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.740.1
Released2024-12-202025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.10—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5127

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

o3-mini: 41.4 (#116), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Coding82.7%64.4%
LMArena Coding13781359
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.3 (#79), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#295), Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Reasoning89.6%51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts13661360
LiveBench Data Analysis70.6%67.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35132.54
LiveBench75.9%62.3%
ARC-AGI-23%—
SimpleBench22.8%—
ARC-AGI-134.5%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA19%—
ForecastBench59.6—

Math Qwen2.5-Max leads

o3-mini: 27.6 (#236), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Math77.3%58.4%
LMArena Math13961369
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202576.9%—
MATH Level 596.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)12.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 38.3 (#135), Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
Confabulations17.9%21.8%
LMArena Expert13641337
GPQA Diamond77%—
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—

Multilingual Qwen2.5-Max leads

o3-mini: 45.9 (#159), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English13191352
LMArena Chinese13791382
LMArena French13331396
LMArena German13031350
LMArena Japanese12861299
LMArena Korean13141304
LMArena Russian13041353
LMArena Spanish13211377

Instruction Following o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 75.3 (#67), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%75.3%
LMArena Instruction Following13381335

Long Context Qwen2.5-Max leads

o3-mini: 33.8 (#251), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query13431358
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads

o3-mini: 50.4 (#177), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text13371367
LMArena Creative Writing12861339
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%72.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13201364
LiveBench Language50.7%56.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-mini or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.4 vs 41.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Qwen2.5-Max share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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