Model comparison
o3-mini vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Head-to-head evidence from 8 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: o3-mini #136 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Plus #21 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. o3-mini and Qwen3.7 Plus share 8 comparable benchmark results. 3 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to o3-mini; 61 to Qwen3.7 Plus.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 8
- o3-mini only
- 2
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 61
- Comparable categories
- 3 / 8
Pick Qwen3.7 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o3-mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 8 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 3 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
Qwen3.7 Plus is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 67.22 to 47.41. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Qwen3.7 Plus's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 75.6 against 49.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 49.3% to 77.7%. o3-mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Qwen3.7 Plus gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for o3-mini.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | o3-mini | Δ | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | o3-mini49.3 | Margin→ 26.3 | Qwen3.7 Plus75.6 |
| Knowledge | o3-mini77.2 | Margin← 17.1 | Qwen3.7 Plus60.1 |
| Inst. Following | o3-mini93.9 | Margin← 9.4 | Qwen3.7 Plus84.5 |
| Agentic | o3-miniNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus71.7 |
| Reasoning | o3-miniNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus91.7 |
| Math | o3-miniNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus92.9 |
| Multilingual | o3-miniNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus85.4 |
| Multimodal | o3-miniNot measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.7 Plus81.5 |
Decisive benchmark drivers
The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.
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SWE-bench Verified
CodingA 49.3%B 77.7%Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 28.4SWE-bench Verified: o3-mini scored 49.3%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 77.7%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
GPQA
KnowledgeA 77.2%B 90.3%Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 13.1GPQA: o3-mini scored 77.2%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 90.3%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark. - Source ↗
IFEval
Inst. FollowingA 93.9%B 94.6%Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 0.7IFEval: o3-mini scored 93.9%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 94.6%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | o3-mini | Qwen3.7 Plus | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | o3-mini$1.1 input / $4.4 output | Qwen3.7 PlusNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | o3-mini160 tok/s | Qwen3.7 PlusNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | o3-mini7.12 s | Qwen3.7 PlusNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | o3-mini200K | Qwen3.7 Plus1M | Qwen3.7 Plus lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic16 benchmarks
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 28.7% | 93% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 70.3% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 61.8% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1536 | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 62.7% | Not comparable |
| BFCL v4Source | — | 72.9% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 73.2% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 45.6% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 62.3% | Not comparable |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | — | 73.3% | Not comparable |
| AndroidWorldSource | — | 81.0% | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | — | 20.8% | Not comparable |
| APEX-Agents-AASource | — | 22.4% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 21.8% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 936 | Not comparable |
| OSWorld 2.0Source | — | 2.8% | Not comparable |
CodingQwen3.7 Plus wins9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | 49.3% | 77.7% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 39.9% | 45.5% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 70.3% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 57.6% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 75.8% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 41.1% | Not comparable |
| SciCodeSource | — | 51.3% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 89.6% | Not comparable |
| AA Coding IndexSource | — | 55.9% | Not comparable |
Reasoning3 benchmarks
Knowledgeo3-mini wins14 benchmarks
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLUSource | 86.9% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQASource | 77.2% | 90.3% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 19.0% | 39.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 74.8% | 90.0% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| AA-HLESource | 8.7% | 33.4% | Qwen3.7 Plus leads |
| GPQA-DSource | — | 90.3% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 34.7% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 88.5% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ReduxSource | — | 94.5% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 71.4% | Not comparable |
| MMMLUSource | — | 89.0% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | — | 2.4% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | — | 22.2% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | — | 25.5% | Not comparable |
Math4 benchmarks
Multilingual5 benchmarks
Multimodal17 benchmarks
| Benchmark | o3-mini | Qwen3.7 Plus | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 79% | Not comparable |
| MathVisionSource | — | 90.3% | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | — | 85.9% | Not comparable |
| ERQASource | — | 69.8% | Not comparable |
| MedXpertQA (MM)Source | — | 71.0% | Not comparable |
| ScreenSpot ProSource | — | 79.0% | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | — | 81.7% | Not comparable |
| MMSearch-PlusSource | — | 41.4% | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | — | 86.9% | Not comparable |
| OmniDocBench 1.5Source | — | 91.4% | Not comparable |
| OCRBench V2Source | — | 70.7% | Not comparable |
| ODINW13Source | — | 51.1% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | — | 88.0% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 85.4% | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | — | 87.4% | Not comparable |
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | — | 80.5% | Not comparable |
| Design Arena WebsiteSource | — | 1288 | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (4)
Which is better, o3-mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 67.22 to 47.41. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 49.3% and 77.7%.
Which is better for knowledge tasks, o3-mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?
o3-mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.2 versus 60.1. Inside this category, AA-HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for coding, o3-mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 75.6 versus 49.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Which is better for instruction following, o3-mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?
o3-mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93.9 versus 84.5. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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