GPT-5 vs GPT-5.4 Mini
Head to head on 16 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
76evals · sort by any column, ⤢ to expand fullscreen
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| GPT-5 OpenAI | 61.1% | 1627elo | 72.8 | 32.4% | 85.4% | 28.5% | 73.1% | 83.4% | 65.5% | 18.0% | 43.7% | 42.9% | 73.4% | 32.6% | 20.1% | 84.8% | 46.7% | 91.1% | 88.0% | 94.6% | 94.3% | 0.0% | - | 0.15 | 0.0% | 68.1% | 4.58 | - | - | 57.7% | 80.0% | 80.0% | - | 91.7% | 0.0% | 88.9% | 83.3% | 100.0% | 48.9% | 58.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84.6% | 37.5% | 0.52 | 1.62 | 100.0% | 99.4% | 0.0% | 92.7% | 92.7% | 49.6% | 83.7% | 93.3% | 10.0% | 87.1% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 0.26 | 0.0% | 74.9% | 74.4% | 2.34 | - | 87.5% | 0.86 | - | - | 54.8% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 61.9% |
| GPT-5.4 Mini OpenAI | 60.9% | 1665elo | 73 | 28.3% | 87.5% | 28.1% | 73.3% | 80.3% | 63.5% | 21.0% | 50.8% | 52.1% | 71.2% | 52.3% | 48.0% | 83.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.0% | - | - | - | - | 21.2% | 3.9% | - | - | - | 45.4% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70.9% | 71.6% | 70.9% | 60.3% | 71.5% | 78.6% | 72.5% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.7 | - | - | 33.2% | 54.2% | - | - | - | 55.2% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-5 OpenAI | GPT-5.4 Mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | OpenAI's August 2025 unified frontier model that auto-routes between a fast model and a deeper "thinking" variant. | GPT-5.4 mini is an AI model from OpenAI. |
| Family | GPT 5 | GPT |
| Params | Undisclosed (closed) | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 7 Aug 2025 | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Context | 400,000 | 400,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.25 | $0.75 |
| Output $/1M | $10.00 | $4.50 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.125 | $0.075 |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | file, image, text |
| Providers | openai | - |
| Publisher | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Reported scores | SWE-bench74.9% (Verified) GPQA Diamond85.4% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)28.5% (AA) IFBench73.1% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GPT-5 or GPT-5.4 Mini better?
- Across the 16 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5.4 Mini leads on 9 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-5 and GPT-5.4 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-5 scores 85.4% and GPT-5.4 Mini scores 87.5% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5 or GPT-5.4 Mini?
- GPT-5.4 Mini is cheaper at $4.50 per million output tokens against $10.00 for GPT-5 - about 2.2x.
- When were GPT-5 and GPT-5.4 Mini released?
- GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5.4 Mini was released 17 Mar 2026 by OpenAI.
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