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GPT-4o-mini vs GPT-5

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

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5

OpenAI

88.0%94.6%48.3%61.1%1623elo68.6%6.6%45.0%58.2%54.3%86.1%82.0%65.5%37.8%73.4%0.8646.7%-91.1%-0.0%0.150.0%68.1%4.58--57.7%-80.0%80.0%72.891.7%32.4%0.0%88.9%83.3%100.0%---48.9%83.4%----37.5%0.521.62100.0%0.0%92.7%92.7%49.6%-83.7%93.3%10.0%0.0%-60.0%0.260.0%18.0%43.7%-74.9%74.4%-2.3412.9%87.5%20.1%--54.8%-90.0%90.0%-0.0%56.7%
GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

3.6%11.7%14.7%45.5%871elo42.6%4.2%31.0%72.0%23.4%78.9%64.8%54.5%22.9%60.5%0.36-16.7%-50.7%-----0.290.0%-0.0%---------0.0%1.540.0%--47.2%43.0%65.8%32.9%--------62.8%----78.0%-----3.81--100.0%----0.7883.3%-54.5%--22.5%-39.6%
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AttributeGPT-4o-mini

OpenAI

GPT-5

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4o Mini 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.
FamilyGPTGPT 5
Params-Undisclosed (closed)
Open weightsclosedclosed
LicenseproprietaryProprietary
Released18 Jul 20247 Aug 2025
Context128,000400,000
Input $/1M$0.15-
Output $/1M$0.60-
Cache read $/1M$0.075$0.125
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filetext, image, file
Providers-openai
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores

FAQ

Is GPT-4o-mini or GPT-5 better?
Across the 16 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 leads on 15 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4o-mini and GPT-5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4o-mini scores 42.6% and GPT-5 scores 68.6% on GPQA Diamond.
When were GPT-4o-mini and GPT-5 released?
GPT-4o-mini was released 18 Jul 2024 by OpenAI. GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.

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