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GPT-4.1 Nano vs GPT-5 Mini

Head to head on 21 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

0.0%46.7%-0.1540.0%60.2%1310elo56.227.2%68.7%5.1%45.6%54.5%77.5%66.9%36.9%75.2%14.4%9.5%86.0%86.0%31.9%-0.0%-1.130.0%-20.0%25.0%--1.7100.0%18.1%2.8%100.0%66.7%0.0%88.3%-60.0%100.0%90.0%--47.2%80.0%69.1%68.2%55.2%65.3%75.5%82.2%68.3%0.0%-1.541.54-43.0%80.6%80.0%9.0%43.0%16.8%4.95-39.7%59.8%0.0%-0.0%86.1%0.4939.21272.1114.2%47.9%
GPT-4.1 Nano

OpenAI

8.9%24.0%-0.173.3%42.1%944elo32.41.0%51.2%3.8%32.0%32.6%65.7%52.8%25.9%60.8%3.8%39.8%68.0%68.0%17.3%23.7%-10.7%--1.53--0.0%42.5%--------0.39---1.460.0%----------10.8%--84.8%-------0.44---1.64------30.9%
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AttributeGPT-4.1 Nano

OpenAI

GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4.1 Nano is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-5 mini is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released14 Apr 20257 Aug 2025
Context1,047,576400,000
Input $/1M$0.10$0.25
Output $/1M$0.40$2.00
Cache read $/1M$0.025$0.025
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiesimage, text, filetext, image, file
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-4.1 Nano or GPT-5 Mini better?
Across the 21 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 Mini leads on 19 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 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4.1 Nano scores 51.2% and GPT-5 Mini scores 68.7% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Nano or GPT-5 Mini?
GPT-4.1 Nano is cheaper at $0.40 per million output tokens against $2.00 for GPT-5 Mini - about 5.0x.
When were GPT-4.1 Nano and GPT-5 Mini released?
GPT-4.1 Nano was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5 Mini was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.

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