o1 (2024-12-17)
OpenAIProprietary
o1 (2024-12-17) is a vision-language model from OpenAI. It ranks 111 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1168±11 from 3,694 votes. License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: OCR, Diagrams, Homework, Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor.
Who it suits
- Overall #111 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Proprietary; used through OpenAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 |  Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) Anthropic | 1175 | 1,806 | Proprietary | +7 |
| 109 |  Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 110 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Thinking 32K, 20250219) Anthropic | 1169 | 1,436 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 111 | o1 (2024-12-17) OpenAI | 1168 | 3,694 | Proprietary | |
| 112 |  Gemma 3 27B IT Google | 1165 | 16,982 | Gemma | -3 |
| 113 |  GLM-4.6V Z.ai | 1164 | 2,455 | MIT | -4 |
| 114 | Gemini 1.5 Pro (002) Google | 1161 | 8,902 | Proprietary | -7 |
Alternatives · More from OpenAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | GPT-5.4 (High) OpenAI | 1303 | 30,747 | Proprietary |
| 21 | GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 1297 | 28,781 | Proprietary |
| 25 | GPT-5.5 (High) OpenAI | 1293 | 27,067 | Proprietary |
| 27 | GPT-5.4 OpenAI | 1292 | 22,804 | Proprietary |
| 29 | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1288 | 2,330 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does o1 (2024-12-17) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 111 (1168); English rank 116 (1162); Chinese rank 79 (1235) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is o1 (2024-12-17) at OCR?
o1 (2024-12-17) is not on LMArena’s OCR board yet, so there is no score to cite.
Is o1 (2024-12-17) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #79 of 128 (1235); English board: #116 of 167 (1162). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is o1 (2024-12-17) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through OpenAI’s apps or API.
How far is o1 (2024-12-17) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); o1 (2024-12-17) has 1168, 157 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.