O1 vs O3 Mini
As of Oct 14, 2026, O1 leads O3 Mini in 2 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
| Category | O1 | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #112 · Was SOTA · General LLM Margin 76.19047619047619 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #7 · #7 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Apr 16, 2025 |
| Reasoning | #117 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 80.82191780821918 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #133 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 91.78082191780823 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #34 · #34 in Math Margin 75.55555555555556 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #77 · #77 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024 | #76 · #76 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #108 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 73.46938775510205 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #145 · #145 in Long context Margin 98.63945578231292 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #57 · #57 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Dec 17, 2024 | #51 · #51 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
O1: $26.25 per 1M blended tokens.
O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.
O1: closed weights.
O3 Mini: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads O1 in General LLM at #7 against #112.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, O1 leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #117 against #133.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads O1 in Science at #76 against #77.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, O1 leads O3 Mini in Long context at #108 against #145.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads O1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #51 against #57.
O1 or O3 Mini?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O1 leads O3 Mini in 2 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
O1 or O3 Mini for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads O1 in General LLM at #7 against #112.
O1 or O3 Mini for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O1 leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #117 against #133.
O1 or O3 Mini for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads O1 in Science at #76 against #77.