# o3-mini vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for o3-mini and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/o3-mini-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: o3-mini and ZAYA1-74B-Preview share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview has the lower published output-token price.
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | o3-mini | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Zyphra |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 40.12 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.10 / $4.40 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.3% | 53.2% | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: 34.2 (Supported · #109/160)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 77.2% | 57.3% | o3-mini |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 68.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o3-mini | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o3-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | o3-mini | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between o3-mini and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [o3-mini vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-mini-vs-o3-pro)
- [ZAYA1-74B-Preview vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-pro-vs-zaya1-74b-preview)
- [o3-mini vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)
- [ZAYA1-74B-Preview vs o3](/compare/o3-vs-zaya1-74b-preview)

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