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o3 Mini vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Updated October 21, 2026. 43 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace o3 Mini Replace Qwen3.7 Plus
o3 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
12.5
Output $/M
$4.40
0
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen
Coding
33.2
Overall
25.2
Output $/M
$1.28
43
vs boards won of 43 shared

Decision reading

Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; o3 Mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model Ao3 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.7 PlusQwen33.2/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
43
o3 Mini only
27
Qwen3.7 Plus only
32
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
o3 Mini not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 61.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: o3 Mini 31.3% against Qwen3.7 Plus 93.0%, 61.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
o3 Mini $4.40 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 3.4x apart.
Context window
o3 Mini takes 200K tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 1M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
Categoryo3 MiniBarsQwen3.7 PlusTies
Coding04
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning07
Math04
Knowledge04
General021
All shared boards043
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
Aider polyglot60.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified42.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench Lite32.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured55.9Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)71.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured46.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured12.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured52.8%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured54.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)73.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SciCode42.8%46.1%Qwen3.7 Plus
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%47.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCodeNot measured10.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
GSO-Bench1.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
WeirdML43.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Cybench22.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding13781473Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: software and IT13641473Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index12.525.2Qwen3.7 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index140.2147.0Qwen3.7 Plus
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured17.5Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured38.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured10.5%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured16.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured49.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
τ²-Bench Telecom31.3%93.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0Not measured2.8%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
Reasoning benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond75.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)77.3%90.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)12.0%35.6%Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)77.0%87.9%Qwen3.7 Plus
ARC-AGI34.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-23.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SimpleBench22.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Chess puzzles15.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles7.0%17.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts13651460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: expert13641466Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13751460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1292Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1295Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
AIME86.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)91.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)91.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME76.9%93.3%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 318.6%34.4%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MATH level 596.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math13961467Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: mathematical work13991470Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
MMLU Pro78.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)71.5%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)45.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)69.4%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured66.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
MedQA (Vals AI)94.8%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)80.2%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
SimpleQA Verified15.3%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: science13391464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13301464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government13281451Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance13131435Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1269Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1261Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1262Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1275Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1239Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1269Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1208Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1144Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
General benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured53.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
IFBench67.1%78.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)43.0%73.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
DTBench68.8%84.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
LMCA19.0%37.6%Qwen3.7 Plus
Fiction.LiveBench50.0%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)61.7%Not measuredOnly o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text13371454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: instruction following13371439Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing12861438Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena VisionNot measured1278Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: English13511458Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: non-English13191445Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Chinese13791509Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: German13031471Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Japanese12861412Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Korean13131413Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: French13341472Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Spanish13211457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Russian13041457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Polish12941449Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: multi-turn13201459Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: longer queries13431454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language13131437Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12831422Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1280Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1332Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1288Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1261Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1258Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1444Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
Benchmarko3 MiniQwen3.7 PlusLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

o3 Mini$0.0033Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.0010Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

o3 Mini$0.068Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.020Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

o3 Mini$0.264Exceeds the context window
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.077Fits in one request

Qwen3.7 Plus costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of o3 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus
SpecificationOpenAI o3 MiniQwen3.7 Plus
MakerOpenAIQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2025June 3, 2026
Context window200K1M
Input $/Mtok$1.10$0.32
Output $/Mtok$4.40$1.28
Coding indexNot benchmarked33.2
Independent measurements behind it02
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is o3 Mini better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?

Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; o3 Mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, o3 Mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?

o3 Mini costs $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, o3 Mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the o3 Mini vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?

43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. o3 Mini's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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