Model comparison

o1-mini vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

33.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 29.6 to 8.9.

Side by side

o1-mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
o1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.744.7
Released2024-09-12—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3917

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 35.1 (#218), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13621488
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.3 (#112), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 8.9 (#340), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13331483
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 33.7 (#168), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math13581473
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 34.8 (#180), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13161489
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Confabulations18.6%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 43.8 (#177), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12891465
LMArena Chinese13141534
LMArena French12921483
LMArena German12781487
LMArena Japanese12451497
LMArena Korean12231438
LMArena Russian12831472
LMArena Spanish13021470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 67.0 (#200), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13041467
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#156), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13211477

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o1-mini: 48.6 (#196), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13171471
LMArena Creative Writing12441464
LMArena Multi-Turn13141478
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1-mini or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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