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GPT-4.1 vs GPT-5.4

Head to head on 13 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5.4

OpenAI

1.4765.3%1836elo47.6%87.2%74.8%11.3%48.4%68.3%47.1%74.0%37.9%36.0%------13.1%--81.0%34.1%9.0%-1272elo78.378.5%9206382.0%77.5%79.3%70.2%82.6%94.1%88.1%-----82.8%--41.3%-77.5%--8652.2%56.0%43.3%--0.6140.8---8067.4%--60.3%
GPT-4.1

OpenAI

1.5563.1%1417elo5.5%60.9%66.6%4.2%43.0%65.9%38.1%75.1%13.6%47.1%0.0%52.4%43.7%34.7%26.7%61.5%-1.6483.7%---12.4%-----------45.7%70.8%0.490.4991.3%-32.1%32.1%-69.4%-80.6%50.5%----8.57--31.1%39.6%10.0%--92.0%92.0%48.0%
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AttributeGPT-4.1

OpenAI

GPT-5.4

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4.1 is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-5.4 is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released14 Apr 20255 Mar 2026
Context1,047,5761,050,000
Input $/1M$2.00$2.50
Output $/1M$8.00$15.00
Cache read $/1M$0.500$0.250
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-5.4 better?
Across the 13 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.4 leads on 10 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.4 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4.1 scores 66.6% and GPT-5.4 scores 74.8% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 or GPT-5.4?
GPT-4.1 is cheaper at $8.00 per million output tokens against $15.00 for GPT-5.4 - about 1.9x.
When were GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.4 released?
GPT-4.1 was released 14 Apr 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5.4 was released 5 Mar 2026 by OpenAI.

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