GPT-4o vs GPT-5
Head to head on 19 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GPT-5 OpenAI | 88.0% | 94.6% | 48.3% | 61.1% | 57.7% | 32.4% | 68.6% | 6.6% | 45.0% | 58.2% | 54.3% | 86.1% | 82.0% | 65.5% | 37.8% | 74.4% | 73.4% | 12.9% | 0.0% | 46.7% | 91.1% | - | 0.0% | - | 0.15 | 0.0% | 68.1% | 4.58 | - | 80.0% | 80.0% | 1623elo | 72.8 | 91.7% | 0.0% | 88.9% | 83.3% | - | 100.0% | 48.9% | 83.4% | - | - | - | - | 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% | - | 2.34 | 87.5% | - | 0.86 | 20.1% | 54.8% | 90.0% | 90.0% | - | 56.7% |
| GPT-4o OpenAI | 18.2% | 15.0% | 6.0% | 45.9% | 6.1% | 0.3% | 54.3% | 2.4% | 34.3% | 0.0% | 30.9% | 75.9% | 74.8% | 57.4% | 33.3% | 21.6% | 74.5% | 8.3% | 25.1% | - | - | 38 | - | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 0.33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96.1 | - | - | - | 55.1% | 46.1% | 70.1% | 49.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.0% | - | - | - | 5.71 | - | 61.2 | - | - | 0.98 | - | - | - | - | - | 32.5% | 33.4% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-4o OpenAI | GPT-5 OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GPT-4o 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 | 20 Nov 2024 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Context | 128,000 | 400,000 |
| Input $/1M | $2.50 | - |
| Output $/1M | $10.00 | - |
| Cache read $/1M | $1.250 | $0.125 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text, image, file |
| Providers | - | openai |
| Publisher | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | Taubench61.2 pass^1 GSM8K96.1 Accuracy ScholarSearch5.71 Social Sciences & Humanities (%) MortgageTax57.4% AIME202438 pass@1 |
FAQ
- Is GPT-4o or GPT-5 better?
- Across the 19 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 leads on 17 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-4o and GPT-5 compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-4o scores 54.3% and GPT-5 scores 68.6% on GPQA Diamond.
- When were GPT-4o and GPT-5 released?
- GPT-4o was released 20 Nov 2024 by OpenAI. GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.
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