Model comparison

o3-mini vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads 25.9 to 16.3.

Side by side

o3-mini and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
o3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.738.8
Released2024-12-20—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.10—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5114

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Category by category

Coding o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 40.8 (#132), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding13781314
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
LiveBench Coding82.7%—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.6 (#84), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#305), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts13661299
ARC-AGI-23%—
SimpleBench22.8%—
ARC-AGI-134.5%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis70.6%—
LMCA19%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.34—
ForecastBench59.6—
LiveBench75.9%—

Math Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

o3-mini: 28.1 (#244), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math13961298
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202576.9%—
LiveBench Math77.3%—
MATH Level 596.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)12.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 38.3 (#146), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert13641289
GPQA Diamond77%—
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—
Confabulations17.9%—

Multilingual o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 45.7 (#164), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English13191265
LMArena Chinese13791314
LMArena German13031231
LMArena Japanese12861207
LMArena Russian13041271
LMArena French1334—
LMArena Korean1314—
LMArena Spanish1321—

Instruction Following o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 75.1 (#72), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following13371275
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%—

Long Context Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

o3-mini: 33.8 (#256), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query13431292
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

o3-mini: 50.3 (#182), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text13371299
LMArena Creative Writing12861262
LMArena Multi-Turn13201299
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%—
LiveBench Language50.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-mini or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

o3-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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