Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

OpenAI o1-mini vs Qwen 3 Max benchmark

Name: OpenAI o1-mini vs Qwen 3 Max AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares OpenAI o1-mini (OpenAI) and Qwen 3 Max (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Qwen 3 Max is ahead by 73 points (1,518 vs 1,445; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Qwen 3 Max resolves 67.8% versus 56.4% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). OpenAI o1-mini streams faster (85 tok/s) while Qwen 3 Max is the cheaper output token ($3.9/1M). Qwen 3 Max has the larger context window (262k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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OpenAI

OpenAI o1-mini

OpenAI high-speed, cost-effective reasoning model optimized for STEM, math, and code generation.

Elo 1,445$4.4/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen 3 Max

Alibaba flagship. Strong math and multilingual code.

Elo 1,518$3.9/1M out

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OpenAI o1-mini (1)vsQwen 3 Max (8)

OpenAI o1-mini: 1W (11%)Overall: Qwen 3 MaxQwen 3 Max: 8W (89%)

← OpenAI o1-mini1 tiesQwen 3 Max →

Qwen 3 Max (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,445vs1,518

Coding Elo

1,468vs1,526

SWE-bench

56.4%vs67.8%

LiveBench

62%vs69.4%

GPQA Diamond

76.8%vs83.1%

OpenAI o1-mini: 0WQwen 3 Max: 5W

OpenAI o1-mini (1/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

85 tok/svs80 tok/s

Time to first token

280 msvs280 ms

OpenAI o1-mini: 1WQwen 3 Max: 0W

Qwen 3 Max (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4.4/1Mvs$3.9/1M

Input price

$1.1/1Mvs$0.78/1M

Context window

128kvs262k

OpenAI o1-mini: 0WQwen 3 Max: 3W

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Dimensional AdvantageQwen 3 Max 5/6

Preference Elo

Qwen 3 Max

73 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

OpenAI o1-mini

5 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Qwen 3 Max

$0.50/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,445

EloHigh is better

1,518+5%

Code Elo

High is better

1,468

Code EloHigh is better

1,526+4%

LiveBench

High is better

62%

LiveBenchHigh is better

69.4%+12%

SWE-bench

High is better

56.4%

SWE-benchHigh is better

67.8%+20%

GPQA

High is better

76.8%

GPQAHigh is better

83.1%+8%

TTFT

Low is better

280 ms

TTFTLow is better

280 ms

Speed

High is better

+6%85 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

80 tok/s

In $

Low is better

$1.1/1M

In $Low is better

$0.78/1M+41%

Out $

Low is better

$4.4/1M

Out $Low is better

$3.9/1M+13%

Context

High is better

128k

ContextHigh is better

262k+105%

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 18% with Qwen 3 Max

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

OpenAI o1-mini$104.50 / mo

In: $38.50Out: $66.00

Qwen 3 Max$85.80 / mo

In: $27.30Out: $58.50

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen 3 Max is estimated to save $18.70/month ($224/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Qwen 3 Max:Pick Qwen 3 Max when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
OpenAI o1-mini:Pick OpenAI o1-mini when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
3
Qwen 3 Max:Pick Qwen 3 Max as the default general assistant.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 3 Max

Higher SWE-bench (67.8%).

High-volume chatQwen 3 Max

Lower output list price ($3.9/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIOpenAI o1-mini

Lower TTFT (280 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 3 Max

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionQwen 3 Max

Qwen 3 Max is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 3 Max	Higher SWE-bench (67.8%).
High-volume chat	Qwen 3 Max	Lower output list price ($3.9/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	OpenAI o1-mini	Lower TTFT (280 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 3 Max	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen 3 Max	Qwen 3 Max is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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launchApr 18, 2026

Qwen 3 Max: Alibaba’s flagship for math and multilingual code

Closed flagship. Strong math. Compare to Sol and Opus on GPQA and SWE-bench, not on brand heat.

launchSep 20, 2025

Qwen3 235B: the open MoE Qwen, not the Max SKU

Sep 2025 open-weight mixture-of-experts. Self-host path. Don’t confuse it with Qwen 3 Max.

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OpenAI

OpenAI o1-mini

Elo 1,445

LiveBench62%

SWE-bench56.4%

Speed85 tok/s

Output cost$4.4/1M

Alibaba

Qwen 3 Max

Elo 1,518

LiveBench69.4%

SWE-bench67.8%

Speed80 tok/s

Output cost$3.9/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, OpenAI o1-mini or Qwen 3 Max?: Qwen 3 Max has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,518). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, OpenAI o1-mini or Qwen 3 Max?: Qwen 3 Max leads SWE-bench at 67.8% vs 56.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen 3 Max output tokens are $3.9/1M versus $4.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, OpenAI o1-mini or Qwen 3 Max?: OpenAI o1-mini has the lower time-to-first-token (280 ms vs 280 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen 3 Max accepts 262k tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. OpenAI o1-mini and Qwen 3 Max Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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OpenAI o1-mini vs Qwen 3 Max benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

OpenAI o1-mini (1)vsQwen 3 Max (8)

OpenAI o1-mini: 1W (11%)Overall: Qwen 3 MaxQwen 3 Max: 8W (89%)

← OpenAI o1-mini1 tiesQwen 3 Max →

Qwen 3 Max (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,445vs1,518

Coding Elo

1,468vs1,526

SWE-bench

56.4%vs67.8%

LiveBench

62%vs69.4%

GPQA Diamond

76.8%vs83.1%

OpenAI o1-mini: 0WQwen 3 Max: 5W

OpenAI o1-mini (1/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

85 tok/svs80 tok/s

Time to first token

280 msvs280 ms

OpenAI o1-mini: 1WQwen 3 Max: 0W

Qwen 3 Max (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$4.4/1Mvs$3.9/1M

Input price

$1.1/1Mvs$0.78/1M

Context window

128kvs262k

OpenAI o1-mini: 0WQwen 3 Max: 3W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 3 Max

Higher SWE-bench (67.8%).

High-volume chatQwen 3 Max

Lower output list price ($3.9/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIOpenAI o1-mini

Lower TTFT (280 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 3 Max

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionQwen 3 Max

Qwen 3 Max is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 3 Max	Higher SWE-bench (67.8%).
High-volume chat	Qwen 3 Max	Lower output list price ($3.9/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	OpenAI o1-mini	Lower TTFT (280 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 3 Max	Larger window (262k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen 3 Max	Qwen 3 Max is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, OpenAI o1-mini or Qwen 3 Max?

Qwen 3 Max has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,518). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, OpenAI o1-mini or Qwen 3 Max?

Qwen 3 Max leads SWE-bench at 67.8% vs 56.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen 3 Max output tokens are $3.9/1M versus $4.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, OpenAI o1-mini or Qwen 3 Max?

OpenAI o1-mini has the lower time-to-first-token (280 ms vs 280 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen 3 Max accepts 262k tokens versus 128k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. OpenAI o1-mini and Qwen 3 Max Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Qwen 3 Max

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