Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 18.9% higher average benchmark score. o3-mini is available on 2 providers. Overall, o3-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
o3-mini was created as an efficient variant of the o3 reasoning model, designed to provide advanced thinking capabilities with reduced computational requirements. Built to make next-generation reasoning accessible to a broader range of applications, it balances analytical depth with practical speed and cost considerations.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

o3-mini
OpenAI
2025-01-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

o3-mini

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
o3-mini
2023-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI


o3-mini

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

o3-mini

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct