GPT-4.1 Nano vs GPT-5
Head to head on 21 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
74evals · sort by any column, ⤢ to expand fullscreen
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| GPT-5 OpenAI | 88.0% | 94.6% | 94.3% | 0.15 | 61.1% | 1627elo | 72.8 | 32.4% | 85.4% | 28.5% | 73.1% | 84.6% | 99.4% | 87.1% | 65.5% | 42.9% | 73.4% | 32.6% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 84.8% | 46.7% | 91.1% | 0.0% | - | - | 0.0% | 68.1% | 4.58 | - | - | - | 57.7% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 91.7% | - | 0.0% | 88.9% | 83.3% | 100.0% | - | - | 48.9% | 83.4% | 58.2% | 37.5% | - | 0.52 | 1.62 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 92.7% | 92.7% | 49.6% | 83.7% | 93.3% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 0.26 | 0.0% | 18.0% | 43.7% | - | 74.9% | 74.4% | 2.34 | - | - | 87.5% | 0.86 | 20.1% | 54.8% | 61.9% |
| GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI | 8.9% | 23.7% | 24.0% | 1.53 | 42.1% | 946elo | 32.4 | 1.0% | 51.2% | 3.8% | 32.0% | 32.6% | 84.8% | 65.7% | 52.8% | 25.9% | 60.8% | 3.8% | 68.0% | 68.0% | 17.3% | - | - | - | 10.7% | -0.17 | - | - | - | 3.3% | 0.0% | 42.5% | - | - | - | - | 0.39 | - | - | - | - | 1.46 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 10.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.44 | - | - | - | 1.64 | 39.8% | - | - | - | - | 30.9% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI | GPT-5 OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GPT-4.1 Nano is an AI model from OpenAI. | OpenAI's August 2025 unified frontier model that auto-routes between a fast model and a deeper "thinking" variant. |
| Family | GPT | GPT 5 |
| Params | - | Undisclosed (closed) |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 14 Apr 2025 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Context | 1,047,576 | 400,000 |
| Input $/1M | $0.10 | $1.25 |
| Output $/1M | $0.40 | $10.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.025 | $0.125 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | image, text, file | text, image, file |
| Providers | - | openai |
| Publisher | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | SWE-bench74.9% (Verified) GPQA Diamond85.4% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)28.5% (AA) IFBench73.1% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GPT-4.1 Nano or GPT-5 better?
- Across the 21 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 leads on 20 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-4.1 Nano and GPT-5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-4.1 Nano scores 51.2% and GPT-5 scores 85.4% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Nano or GPT-5?
- GPT-4.1 Nano is cheaper at $0.40 per million output tokens against $10.00 for GPT-5 - about 25.0x.
- When were GPT-4.1 Nano and GPT-5 released?
- GPT-4.1 Nano was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.
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