Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 11.4% higher average benchmark score. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-VL 72B was created as the flagship vision-language model in the Qwen 2.5 series, designed to provide advanced multimodal understanding. Built with 72 billion parameters optimized for visual and textual reasoning, it represents Qwen's most capable offering for tasks requiring integrated image and language processing.
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Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-01-26

o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
o4-mini
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

o4-mini
OpenAI

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

o4-mini

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct