GPT-5 vs GPT-5 Mini
Head to head on 36 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GPT-5 OpenAI | 88.0% | 94.3% | 0.0% | 68.1% | 61.1% | 57.7% | 1623elo | 72.8 | 91.7% | 32.4% | 85.4% | 100.0% | 28.5% | 48.9% | 73.1% | 84.6% | 37.5% | 0.52 | 1.62 | 49.6% | 83.7% | 93.3% | 87.1% | 65.5% | 18.0% | 43.7% | 42.9% | 74.4% | 73.4% | 32.6% | 87.5% | 0.86 | 20.1% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 84.8% | 46.7% | 91.1% | 94.6% | 0.0% | - | - | - | 0.15 | - | 4.58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80.0% | 80.0% | - | 0.0% | - | 88.9% | 83.3% | - | - | 83.4% | 58.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0% | 99.4% | 0.0% | 92.7% | 92.7% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 0.26 | 0.0% | - | - | 74.9% | - | 2.34 | - | - | - | - | - | 54.8% | 61.9% |
| GPT-5 Mini OpenAI | 0.0% | 90.7% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 60.2% | 100.0% | 1310elo | 56.2 | 88.3% | 27.2% | 82.8% | 90.0% | 21.5% | 47.2% | 75.4% | 83.8% | 0.0% | 1.54 | 1.54 | 43.0% | 80.6% | 80.0% | 83.7% | 66.9% | 9.0% | 43.0% | 39.2% | 59.8% | 75.2% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.49 | 14.2% | 86.0% | 86.0% | 68.4% | - | - | - | - | 0.0% | 1.13 | 0.0% | - | -0.15 | - | 40.0% | 1.7 | 100.0% | 18.1% | 2.8% | 66.7% | - | - | 0.0% | - | 60.0% | - | - | 100.0% | 80.0% | - | - | 69.1% | 68.2% | 55.2% | 65.3% | 75.5% | 82.2% | 68.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.8% | 4.95 | - | 39.7% | - | 0.0% | 9.5% | 86.1% | 39.21 | 272.11 | - | 51.6% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-5 OpenAI | GPT-5 Mini OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | OpenAI's August 2025 unified frontier model that auto-routes between a fast model and a deeper "thinking" variant. | GPT-5 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 | 7 Aug 2025 |
| Context | 400,000 | 400,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.25 | $0.25 |
| Output $/1M | $10.00 | $2.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.125 | $0.025 |
| 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 | 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 Mini better?
- Across the 36 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 leads on 29 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-5 and GPT-5 Mini compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-5 scores 85.4% and GPT-5 Mini scores 82.8% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GPT-5 or GPT-5 Mini?
- GPT-5 Mini is cheaper at $2.00 per million output tokens against $10.00 for GPT-5 - about 5.0x.
- When were GPT-5 and GPT-5 Mini released?
- GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. GPT-5 Mini was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI.
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