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o3 vs o4 Mini

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Winner summary

o3 wins 23 of 31 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · knowledge.

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coding·o3reasoning·o3knowledge·o3general·o3math·o4 Minilanguage·o4 Mini
Hype vs Reality
o3
#111 by perf·no signal
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o4 Mini
#132 by perf·no signal
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Best value
1.7x better value than o3
o3
10.2 pts/$
$5.00/M
o4 Mini
17.6 pts/$
$2.75/M
Vendor risk
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OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
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OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
o3o4 Mini
Aider polyglot
o3 leads by +9.3
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
o3
81.3
o4 Mini
72.0
ARC-AGI
o3 leads by +2.2
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
o3
60.8
o4 Mini
58.7
ARC-AGI-2
o3 leads by +0.4
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
o3
6.5
o4 Mini
6.1
CadEval
o3 leads by +12.0
CadEval · evaluates the ability to generate and reason about Computer-Aided Design code, testing spatial reasoning and engineering knowledge.
o3
74.0
o4 Mini
62.0
Chess Puzzles
o3 leads by +12.6
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
o3
34.8
o4 Mini
22.1
Dtbench
o3 leads by +12.0
o3
74.7
o4 Mini
62.7
Fiction.LiveBench
o3 leads by +11.1
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
o3
88.9
o4 Mini
77.8
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
o4 Mini leads by +6.1
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
o3
18.7
o4 Mini
24.8
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
o4 Mini leads by +2.8
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
o3
3.5
o4 Mini
6.3
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
o4 Mini leads by +2.8
o3
33.3
o4 Mini
36.1
Gdpval
o3 leads by +5.5
o3
30.8
o4 Mini
25.3
GeoBench
o3 leads by +10.0
GeoBench · tests geographic knowledge and spatial reasoning across countries, landmarks, coordinates, and geopolitical understanding.
o3
74.0
o4 Mini
64.0
GPQA diamond
o3 leads by +3.0
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
o3
75.8
o4 Mini
72.8
GSO-Bench
o3 leads by +5.2
GSO-Bench · evaluates AI models on real-world open-source software engineering tasks, testing the ability to understand and resolve actual GitHub issues.
o3
8.8
o4 Mini
3.6
HELM · GPQA
o3 leads by +1.8
o3
75.3
o4 Mini
73.5
HELM · IFEval
o4 Mini leads by +6.0
o3
86.9
o4 Mini
92.9
HELM · MMLU-Pro
o3 leads by +3.9
o3
85.9
o4 Mini
82.0
HELM · Omni-MATH
o4 Mini leads by +0.6
o3
71.4
o4 Mini
72.0
HELM · WildBench
o3 leads by +0.7
o3
86.1
o4 Mini
85.4
HLE
o3 leads by +2.4
HLE (Humanity's Last Exam) · a reasoning benchmark designed to be the hardest public evaluation of AI. Questions span mathematics, physics, philosophy, and logic · curated to be at or beyond the frontier of human expert capability. Tested with and without tool augmentation. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 46.9% without tools and 54.7% with tools · making it one of the few benchmarks where the top score is below 60%.
o3
16.3
o4 Mini
13.9
Lech Mazur Writing
o3 leads by +8.9
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
o3
83.9
o4 Mini
75.0
Lmca
o3 leads by +15.5
o3
46.7
o4 Mini
31.2
MATH level 5
o4 Mini leads by +0.1
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
o3
97.8
o4 Mini
97.8
Metr Time Horizons
o3 leads by +1.5
o3
65.4
o4 Mini
63.9
Mystery Game Puzzles
o3 leads by +21.8
o3
21.8
o4 Mini
0.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
o3 leads by +2.8
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
o3
84.4
o4 Mini
81.7
SimpleBench
o3 leads by +17.3
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
o3
43.7
o4 Mini
26.4
SimpleQA Verified
o3 leads by +29.8
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
o3
49.4
o4 Mini
19.6
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only)
o3 leads by +13.4
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only) · a curated subset of SWE-bench where models fix real Python repository bugs using only bash commands, no agent frameworks.
o3
58.4
o4 Mini
45.0
VPCT
o4 Mini leads by +8.3
VPCT (Visual Pattern Completion Test) · tests visual reasoning and pattern recognition by having models complete visual sequences and transformations.
o3
28.0
o4 Mini
36.3
WeirdML
o4 Mini leads by +0.1
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
o3
52.4
o4 Mini
52.6
Full benchmark table
Benchmarko3o4 Mini
Aider polyglot
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
81.372.0
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
60.858.7
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.
6.56.1
CadEval
CadEval · evaluates the ability to generate and reason about Computer-Aided Design code, testing spatial reasoning and engineering knowledge.
74.062.0
Chess Puzzles
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
34.822.1
Dtbench
74.762.7
Fiction.LiveBench
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
88.977.8
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
18.724.8
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
3.56.3
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
33.336.1
Gdpval
30.825.3
GeoBench
GeoBench · tests geographic knowledge and spatial reasoning across countries, landmarks, coordinates, and geopolitical understanding.
74.064.0
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
75.872.8
GSO-Bench
GSO-Bench · evaluates AI models on real-world open-source software engineering tasks, testing the ability to understand and resolve actual GitHub issues.
8.83.6
HELM · GPQA
75.373.5
HELM · IFEval
86.992.9
HELM · MMLU-Pro
85.982.0
HELM · Omni-MATH
71.472.0
HELM · WildBench
86.185.4
HLE
HLE (Humanity's Last Exam) · a reasoning benchmark designed to be the hardest public evaluation of AI. Questions span mathematics, physics, philosophy, and logic · curated to be at or beyond the frontier of human expert capability. Tested with and without tool augmentation. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 46.9% without tools and 54.7% with tools · making it one of the few benchmarks where the top score is below 60%.
16.313.9
Lech Mazur Writing
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
83.975.0
Lmca
46.731.2
MATH level 5
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
97.897.8
Metr Time Horizons
65.463.9
Mystery Game Puzzles
21.80.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
84.481.7
SimpleBench
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
43.726.4
SimpleQA Verified
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
49.419.6
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only)
SWE-Bench Verified (Bash Only) · a curated subset of SWE-bench where models fix real Python repository bugs using only bash commands, no agent frameworks.
58.445.0
VPCT
VPCT (Visual Pattern Completion Test) · tests visual reasoning and pattern recognition by having models complete visual sequences and transformations.
28.036.3
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
52.452.6
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoo3$2.00$8.00200K tokens (~100 books)$35.00
OpenAI logoo4 Mini$1.10$4.40200K tokens (~100 books)$19.25