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GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4o-mini

Head to head on 16 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-4.1

OpenAI

52.4%43.7%34.7%63.1%1417elo66.6%4.2%43.0%45.7%91.3%69.4%80.6%65.9%8.5738.1%75.1%0.0%--26.7%61.5%1.64--83.7%1.5512.4%-5.5%60.9%--------70.8%0.490.4932.1%32.1%50.5%-31.1%39.6%-10.0%13.6%----92.0%92.0%-47.1%48.0%
GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

3.6%11.7%14.7%45.5%871elo42.6%4.2%31.0%23.4%78.9%62.8%64.8%54.5%3.8122.9%60.5%-16.7%50.7%---0.290.0%---0.0%--0.0%1.540.0%72.0%47.2%43.0%65.8%32.9%------78.0%--100.0%--0.360.7883.3%54.5%--22.5%-39.6%
2 / 2 models
AttributeGPT-4.1

OpenAI

GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4.1 is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-4o Mini is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released14 Apr 202518 Jul 2024
Context1,047,576128,000
Input $/1M$2.00$0.15
Output $/1M$8.00$0.60
Cache read $/1M$0.500$0.075
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 or GPT-4o-mini better?
Across the 16 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-4.1 leads on 15 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o-mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4.1 scores 66.6% and GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 or GPT-4o-mini?
GPT-4o-mini is cheaper at $0.60 per million output tokens against $8.00 for GPT-4.1 - about 13.3x.
When were GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o-mini released?
GPT-4.1 was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI.

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