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GPT-4o vs GPT-5 Mini

Head to head on 20 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.

Benchmark scores

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Model
GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

0.0%46.7%60.2%100.0%27.2%68.7%5.1%45.6%69.1%68.2%65.3%75.5%54.5%77.5%66.9%36.9%59.8%75.2%14.4%31.9%--0.0%1.130.0%--0.1520.0%25.0%-40.0%1.7100.0%18.1%2.8%66.7%1310elo56.20.0%88.3%60.0%100.0%-90.0%47.2%80.0%-55.2%82.2%68.3%0.0%1.541.54-43.0%-80.6%80.0%-9.0%43.0%-16.8%4.9539.7%-0.0%9.5%0.0%-86.1%0.4939.21272.1114.2%86.0%86.0%-47.9%
GPT-4o

OpenAI

18.2%6.0%45.9%6.1%0.3%54.3%2.4%34.3%55.1%46.1%70.1%49.0%30.9%74.8%57.4%33.3%21.6%74.5%8.3%25.1%15.0%38---0.0%---0.33------------96.1---0.0%------75.9%-10.8%--54.0%--5.71---61.2---0.98-------32.5%33.4%
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AttributeGPT-4o

OpenAI

GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI

DescriptionGPT-4o is an AI model from OpenAI.GPT-5 mini is an AI model from OpenAI.
FamilyGPTGPT
Params--
Open weightsclosedclosed
Licenseproprietaryproprietary
Released20 Nov 20247 Aug 2025
Context128,000400,000
Input $/1M$2.50$0.25
Output $/1M$10.00$2.00
Cache read $/1M$1.250$0.025
Cache write $/1M--
Speed0 tok/s0 tok/s
Latency0.00 s0.00 s
Modalitiestext, image, filetext, image, file
Providers--
PublisherOpenAIOpenAI
Reported scores
Taubench61.2 pass^1
GSM8K96.1 Accuracy
ScholarSearch5.71 Social Sciences & Humanities (%)
AIME202438 pass@1

FAQ

Is GPT-4o or GPT-5 Mini better?
Across the 20 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 Mini leads on 18 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
How do GPT-4o and GPT-5 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
GPT-4o scores 54.3% and GPT-5 Mini scores 68.7% on GPQA Diamond.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o or GPT-5 Mini?
GPT-5 Mini is cheaper at $2.00 per million output tokens against $10.00 for GPT-4o - about 5.0x.
When were GPT-4o and GPT-5 Mini released?
GPT-4o was released 20 Nov 2024 by OpenAI. GPT-5 Mini was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.

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