Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3-mini leads with 38.9% 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 7B was created as an efficient variant in the Qwen2 family, designed to provide capable instruction-following with 7 billion parameters. Built to serve as a practical foundation for applications requiring reliable language understanding, it balances performance with deployment efficiency.
6 months newer

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

o3-mini
Azure
OpenAI


o3-mini

Qwen2 7B Instruct

o3-mini

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Qwen2 7B Instruct