Noometry

Model comparison

o3-mini vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 28.2 to 16.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 76.9% for o3-mini and 86.7% for Qwen3.7 Flash.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.03 / $0.13 per million input/output tokens, against $1.10 / $4.40 for o3-mini.
  • Qwen3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

o3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.739.9
Released2024-12-202026-07-15
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K1M
Max output100K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.10$0.03
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$0.13
Results tracked517

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

o3-mini: 40.8 (#132), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
LiveBench Coding82.7%—
LMArena Coding1378—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.6 (#84), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#305), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
Chess Puzzles17%23%
Mystery Game Puzzles7%15%
Epoch Capabilities Index140.34144.64
ARC-AGI-23%—
SimpleBench22.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
ARC-AGI-134.5%—
CritPt0.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1366—
DTBench68.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis70.6%—
LMCA19%—
ForecastBench59.6—
LiveBench75.9%—

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

o3-mini: 28.1 (#244), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.6%19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202576.9%86.7%
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
LiveBench Math77.3%—
LMArena Math1396—
MATH Level 596.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)12.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

o3-mini: 38.3 (#146), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond77%82.3%
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—
Confabulations17.9%—
LMArena Expert1364—

Multilingual Not comparable

o3-mini: 45.7 (#164), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1319—
LMArena Chinese1379—
LMArena French1334—
LMArena German1303—
LMArena Japanese1286—
LMArena Korean1314—
LMArena Russian1304—
LMArena Spanish1321—

Instruction Following Not comparable

o3-mini: 75.1 (#72), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1337—

Long Context Not comparable

o3-mini: 33.8 (#256), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
Fiction.LiveBench50%—
LMArena Longer Query1343—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

o3-mini: 50.3 (#182), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1337—
LMArena Creative Writing1286—
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1320—
LiveBench Language50.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, o3-mini or Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.13 per million output tokens; o3-mini lists at $1.10 and $4.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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