Model comparison

GPT-4o vs o1-mini

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 39 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 39 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 2 categories and o1-mini in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 10.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.4% for GPT-4o and 46.9% for o1-mini.

Side by side

GPT-4o and o1-mini specifications
GPT-4oo1-mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index28.634.0
Released2024-05-132024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7239

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
Aider Polyglot45.3%32.9%
WeirdML25.1%36.3%
LiveBench Coding51.4%48%
LMArena Coding12971362
HumanEval+87.2%89%
MBPP+72.2%78.8%
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
GSO0%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—

Agentic & Tool Use o1-mini leads

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
Cybench12.5%10%
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
BALROG32.3%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Too close to call

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
ARC-AGI-20%0.8%
SimpleBench17.8%18.1%
ARC-AGI-14.5%14%
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%72.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts12811333
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%57.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97135.82
LiveBench55.3%57.8%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LMCA16.6%—
ForecastBench57.7—

Math o1-mini leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%46.9%
LiveBench Math49.5%62%
LMArena Math12851358
MATH Level 553.3%89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%1.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
GPQA Diamond49.2%62.4%
Confabulations15.3%18.6%
LMArena Expert12501316
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), o1-mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
LMArena Non-English12831289
LMArena Chinese12771314
LMArena French13041293
LMArena German12821278
LMArena Japanese12571245
LMArena Korean12341223
LMArena Russian12861283
LMArena Spanish12921303

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%65.4%
LMArena Instruction Following12781304
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
LMArena Longer Query12891320
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oo1-mini
LMArena Text13001317
LMArena Creative Writing12921244
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%64.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13021314
LiveBench Language47.6%40.9%
WildBench82.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than o1-mini?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.0 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and o1-mini share?

39 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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