Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 35.3% 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 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

o3-mini
OpenAI
2025-01-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

o3-mini

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
o3-mini
2023-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI


o3-mini

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

o3-mini

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct