Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 25.9% 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
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
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Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

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

o3-mini

Qwen2 72B Instruct
o3-mini
2023-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI


o3-mini

Qwen2 72B Instruct

o3-mini

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Qwen2 72B Instruct