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o4-mini vs QvQ-72B-Preview
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 12.1% higher average benchmark score. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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OpenAI
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QVQ-72B Preview was introduced as an experimental visual question answering model, designed to combine vision and language understanding for complex reasoning tasks. Built to demonstrate advanced multimodal reasoning capabilities, it represents Qwen's exploration into models that can analyze and reason about visual information.
3 months newer
QvQ-72B-Preview
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-12-25
o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
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o4-mini
Average Score:82.9%(+12.1%)
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QvQ-72B-Preview
Average Score:70.8%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
o4-mini
2024-05-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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o4-mini
1 providers
OpenAI
Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms
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QvQ-72B-Preview
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o4-mini
Avg Score:82.9%(+12.1%)
Providers:1
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QvQ-72B-Preview
Avg Score:70.8%
Providers:0