Model comparison
o3-mini vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
o3-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 6 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where o3-mini leads 28.1 to 14.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 76.9% for o3-mini and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 36.7 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-20 | 2024-11-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | — |
| Max output | 100K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 51 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding o3-mini leads
o3-mini: 40.8 (#132), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1378 | 1235 |
| Aider Polyglot | 60.4% | — |
| SciCode | 39.8% | — |
| GSO | 1.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 82.7% | — |
| CadEval | 54% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
o3-mini: 29.6 (#84), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 22.5% | — |
Reasoning Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads
o3-mini: 16.3 (#305), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1366 | 1220 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 22.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 34.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 17% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 89.6% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| DTBench | 68.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 70.6% | — |
| LMCA | 19% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.34 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.6 | — |
| LiveBench | 75.9% | — |
Math o3-mini leads
o3-mini: 28.1 (#244), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 76.9% | 4.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1242 |
| MATH Level 5 | 96.5% | 42.7% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 18.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 77.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 12.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |
Knowledge o3-mini leads
o3-mini: 38.3 (#146), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 77% | 46.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 15.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1364 | — |
Multilingual o3-mini leads
o3-mini: 45.7 (#164), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1379 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1304 | 1246 |
| LMArena French | 1334 | — |
| LMArena German | 1303 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1321 | — |
Instruction Following o3-mini leads
o3-mini: 75.1 (#72), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1337 | 1233 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 84.4% | — |
Long Context Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads
o3-mini: 33.8 (#256), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1343 | 1224 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 50% | — |
Writing & Preference o3-mini leads
o3-mini: 50.3 (#182), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1337 | 1256 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | 1231 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1320 | 1252 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 61.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 50.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is o3-mini better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?
o3-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is o3-mini or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?
o3-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.