Noometry

Model comparison

o3-mini vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #205 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-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 writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 50.4.

Side by side

o3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index36.744.7
Released2024-12-20—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.10—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5117

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 41.4 (#116), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding13781488
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
LiveBench Coding82.7%—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.3 (#79), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#295), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13661483
ARC-AGI-23%—
SimpleBench22.8%—
ARC-AGI-134.5%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis70.6%—
LMCA19%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—
ForecastBench59.6—
LiveBench75.9%—

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 27.6 (#236), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math13961473
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202576.9%—
LiveBench Math77.3%—
MATH Level 596.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)12.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 38.3 (#135), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13641489
GPQA Diamond77%—
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—
Confabulations17.9%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 45.9 (#159), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English13191465
LMArena Chinese13791534
LMArena French13331483
LMArena German13031487
LMArena Japanese12861497
LMArena Korean13141438
LMArena Russian13041472
LMArena Spanish13211470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 75.3 (#67), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13381467
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 33.8 (#251), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13431477
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

o3-mini: 50.4 (#177), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

Benchmarko3-miniQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13371471
LMArena Creative Writing12861464
LMArena Multi-Turn13201478
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%—
LiveBench Language50.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-mini or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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