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o3 Mini vs GPT-4o-mini
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Winner summary
o3 Mini wins on 6/7 benchmarks
o3 Mini wins 6 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · knowledge.
Category leads
coding·o3 Minireasoning·o3 Miniknowledge·o3 Minimath·o3 Mini
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
o3 Mini
#151 by perf·no signal
GPT-4o-mini
#146 by perf·no signal
Best value
GPT-4o-mini
7.6x better value than o3 Mini
o3 Mini
14.0 pts/$
$2.75/M
GPT-4o-mini
105.6 pts/$
$0.38/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
o3 MiniGPT-4o-mini
Aider polyglot
o3 Mini leads by +56.8
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
o3 Mini
60.4
GPT-4o-mini
3.6
ARC-AGI-2
o3 Mini leads by +2.9
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
o3 Mini
3.0
GPT-4o-mini
0.1
GPQA diamond
o3 Mini leads by +52.4
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
o3 Mini
69.4
GPT-4o-mini
17.0
Lech Mazur Writing
GPT-4o-mini leads by +5.5
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
o3 Mini
61.7
GPT-4o-mini
67.2
MATH level 5
o3 Mini leads by +43.9
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
o3 Mini
96.5
GPT-4o-mini
52.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
o3 Mini leads by +70.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
o3 Mini
76.9
GPT-4o-mini
6.8
WeirdML
o3 Mini leads by +31.9
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
o3 Mini
43.7
GPT-4o-mini
11.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | o3 Mini | GPT-4o-mini |
|---|---|---|
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 60.4 | 3.6 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 3.0 | 0.1 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 69.4 | 17.0 |
Lech Mazur Writing Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication. | 61.7 | 67.2 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 96.5 | 52.6 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 76.9 | 6.8 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 43.7 | 11.8 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K tokens (~100 books) | $19.25 | |
| $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K tokens (~64 books) | $2.62 |