Moonshot v1 vs o1

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Moonshot v1 and o1 finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

o1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Moonshot v1 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Moonshot v1.

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Moonshot v1 makes more sense if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model; o1 is the better fit if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1

Moonshot v1

45.3

o1

83.8

53
MMLU
91.8
52
GPQA
75.7
50
SuperGPQA
-
48
OpenBookQA
-
64
MMLU-Pro
-
5
HLE
-

Coding

o1

Moonshot v1

33.3

o1

41

45
HumanEval
-
34
SWE-bench Verified
41
21
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1

Moonshot v1

54.5

o1

74.3

53
AIME 2023
-
55
AIME 2024
74.3
54
AIME 2025
-
49
HMMT Feb 2023
-
51
HMMT Feb 2024
-
50
HMMT Feb 2025
-
52
BRUMO 2025
-
72
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Moonshot v1
51
SimpleQA
-
49
MuSR
-
73
BBH
-

Instruction Following

o1

Moonshot v1

77

o1

92.2

77
IFEval
92.2

Multilingual

Moonshot v1
73
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Moonshot v1 or o1?

Moonshot v1 and o1 are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Moonshot v1 or o1?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 45.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Moonshot v1 or o1?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 33.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Moonshot v1 or o1?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 54.5. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Moonshot v1 or o1?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 77. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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