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GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-4o (2024-05-13)

GPT-4.1 Mini leads GPT-4o (2024-05-13) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 10.2 to 7.3, and GPT-4.1 Mini costs 9.4x less per output token ($1.60 vs $15.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 41 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4.1 Mini Replace GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
31.9
Output $/M
$1.60
39
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
27.1
Output $/M
$15.00
2
vs boards won of 41 shared

GPT-4.1 Mini or GPT-4o (2024-05-13): which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for output tokens 9.4x cheaper ($1.60 vs $15.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 128K tokens).

Model AGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved taskModel BGPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
41
GPT-4.1 Mini only
47
GPT-4o (2024-05-13) only
3
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked, GPT-4o (2024-05-13) not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 23.7 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: GPT-4.1 Mini 44.7% against GPT-4o (2024-05-13) 6.3%, 38.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 against GPT-4o (2024-05-13) $15.00 per million output tokens, 9.4x apart.
Context window
GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-4o (2024-05-13) 128K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGPT-4.1 MiniBarsGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Ties
Coding31
Intelligence10
Reasoning70
Math40
Knowledge50
General191
All shared boards392
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index31
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
Aider polyglot32.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified23.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Coding Index20.224.2GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)58.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)48.3%33.4%GPT-4.1 Mini
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)7.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
WeirdML37.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding13671297GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT13601297GPT-4.1 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
AA Intelligence Index10.27.3GPT-4.1 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index134.9Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom52.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
METR time horizonsNot measured40.8%Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured
BALROGNot measured32.3%Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)50.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
GPQA Diamond67.9%50.2%GPT-4.1 Mini
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)70.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)66.4%52.6%GPT-4.1 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)5.0%1.8%GPT-4.1 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)65.8%48.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
ARC-AGI3.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-20.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Chess puzzles1.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzles7.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13491281GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: expert13381250GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13621293GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: diagrams1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: homework1214Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
AIME49.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)88.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)87.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Math Index46.3Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)46.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME44.7%6.3%GPT-4.1 Mini
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 36.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH level 587.3%51.0%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: math13431284GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work13471284GPT-4.1 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
MMLU Pro77.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)78.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)57.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)65.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)84.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)78.1%74.0%GPT-4.1 Mini
SimpleQA Verified12.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMLUNot measured84.2%Only GPT-4o (2024-05-13) measured
LMArena Text: science13281295GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13241278GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government13431314GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance13221262GPT-4.1 Mini
PRBench Finance30.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
PRBench Legal30.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
Design Arena: websites997Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: UI components959Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: game dev1070Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: data viz1034Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: 3D836Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Design Arena: all code categories993Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index191
General benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
IFBench38.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)44.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
DTBench68.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMCA21.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text13411300GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following13331278GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12991291GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision11811137GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: English13561312GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English13181283GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese13291277GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: German13501283GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese12901257GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean12981234GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: French13581304GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Spanish13191292GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Russian13241285GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish13261365GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
LMArena Text: multi-turn13541302GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries13441288GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language13191298GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13001289GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: English11911147GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: Chinese11861132GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: reading text1188Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: humor1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1174Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1187Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1182Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.0012Fits in one request
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)$0.013Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Mini costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)$0.295Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Mini costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits in one request
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)$1.15Exceeds the context window

GPT-4.1 Mini costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
MakerOpenAIOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 14, 2025May 13, 2024
Context window1.05M128K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$5.00
Output $/Mtok$1.60$15.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved task$1.818Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4.1 Mini better than GPT-4o (2024-05-13) for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for output tokens 9.4x cheaper ($1.60 vs $15.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 128K tokens).

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Mini or GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?

GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; GPT-4o (2024-05-13) costs $5.00 and $15.00. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-4.1 Mini only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4.1 Mini or GPT-4o (2024-05-13)?

GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-4o (2024-05-13) comparison based on?

41 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-4.1 Mini's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and GPT-4o (2024-05-13)'s on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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