# o3-mini vs o4-mini (high)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for o3-mini and o4-mini (high) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/o3-mini-vs-o4-mini-high
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for o3-mini and o4-mini (high).

## Summary

- o3-mini and o4-mini (high) do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | o3-mini | o4-mini (high) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.83 | 47.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.10 / $4.40 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: 45.3 (Estimated · #88/151)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #134/183)
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: 43.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | o3-mini | o4-mini (high) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 24.828% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 6.250% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare o3-mini and o4-mini (high) on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [o3-mini vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)
- [o4-mini (high) vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [o3-mini vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-mini-vs-o3-pro)
- [o4-mini (high) vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-pro-vs-o4-mini-high)

## Explore More

- [o3-mini profile](/models/o3-mini)
- [o4-mini (high) profile](/models/o4-mini-high)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)