# o4-mini (high) vs Qwen3 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for o4-mini (high) and Qwen3 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/o4-mini-high-vs-qwen3-max
- Last updated: September 4, 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 o4-mini (high) and Qwen3 Max.

## Summary

- o4-mini (high) and Qwen3 Max 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 | o4-mini (high) | Qwen3 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 49.57 | 43.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 43.74% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Estimated · #107/183)

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 3.51% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 55.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 43.8 (Estimated · #123/181)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 51.7 (#78/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: 43.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 24.828% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 6.250% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare o4-mini (high) and Qwen3 Max 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.

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## Explore More

- [o4-mini (high) profile](/models/o4-mini-high)
- [Qwen3 Max profile](/models/qwen3-max)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)