Noometry

Model comparison

o3-mini vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 50.3.

Side by side

o3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.745.3
Released2024-12-20—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.10—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5117

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 40.8 (#132), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13781487
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
LiveBench Coding82.7%—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.6 (#84), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#305), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13661483
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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 28.1 (#244), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math13961474
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 Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 38.3 (#146), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13641489
GPQA Diamond77%—
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—
Confabulations17.9%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 45.7 (#164), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English13191465
LMArena Chinese13791534
LMArena French13341484
LMArena German13031487
LMArena Japanese12861495
LMArena Korean13141438
LMArena Russian13041471
LMArena Spanish13211470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 75.1 (#72), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13371467
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 33.8 (#256), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13431476
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 50.3 (#182), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13371470
LMArena Creative Writing12861464
LMArena Multi-Turn13201478
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%—
LiveBench Language50.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-mini or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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