# o1-mini vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

> Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/o1-mini-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 40.8 to 8.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 18.1% for o1-mini and 63% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.

## Snapshot

| | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 51.1 |
| Rank | 230 | 36 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.80 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- o1-mini: 35.1 (#218)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1472 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| WeirdML | 36.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 48% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 89% | — |
| MBPP+ | 78.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- o1-mini: 24.3 (#112)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |

## Reasoning

- o1-mini: 8.9 (#340)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 18.1% | 63% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1333 | 1457 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.82 | 149.27 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 14% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 72.3% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| LiveBench | 57.8% | — |

## Math

- o1-mini: 33.7 (#168)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 46.9% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1358 | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | 23.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 62% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 89.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |

## Knowledge

- o1-mini: 34.8 (#180)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 62.4% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1316 | 1476 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| Confabulations | 18.6% | — |

## Multilingual

- o1-mini: 43.8 (#177)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1289 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1314 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1292 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1283 | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1302 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1223 | — |

## Instruction Following

- o1-mini: 67.0 (#200)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1304 | 1437 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 65.4% | — |

## Long Context

- o1-mini: 40.1 (#156)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | 1457 |

## Writing & Preference

- o1-mini: 48.6 (#196)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)

| Benchmark | o1-mini | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1317 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1314 | 1456 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 64.9% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 40.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is o1-mini better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is o1-mini or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.