Model comparison

o1-mini vs Qwen1.5-7B

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

33.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.6 to 29.8.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
o1-miniQwen1.5-7B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.730.8
Released2024-09-122024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3913

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.1 (#218), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding13621107
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.3 (#112), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

o1-mini: 8.9 (#340), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts13331066
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 33.7 (#168), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math13581080
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.8 (#180), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert13161055
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Confabulations18.6%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.8 (#177), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English12891058
LMArena Chinese13141140
LMArena Russian12831006
LMArena French1292—
LMArena German1278—
LMArena Japanese1245—
LMArena Korean1223—
LMArena Spanish1302—

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 67.0 (#200), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following13041058
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#156), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query13211090

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.6 (#196), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text13171084
LMArena Creative Writing12441035
LMArena Multi-Turn13141061
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Qwen1.5-7B?

o1-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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