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GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)

GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs 2.7x less per output token than GPT-4.1 Mini ($0.60 vs $1.60 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 40 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4.1 Mini Replace GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
31.9
Output $/M
$1.60
38
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.60
2
vs boards won of 40 shared

GPT-4.1 Mini or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18): which to pick

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

Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for a larger context window (1.05M against 128K tokens) and work measured by Chess puzzles or Mystery game puzzles, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved taskModel BGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
40
GPT-4.1 Mini only
48
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) only
6
Like-for-like categories
5 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-mini (2024-07-18) not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 20.7 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
OTIS Mock AIME: GPT-4.1 Mini 44.7% against GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 6.9%, 37.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 against GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) $0.60 per million output tokens, 2.7x apart.
Context window
GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 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-mini (2024-07-18)Ties
Coding40
Reasoning42
Math50
Knowledge50
General200
All shared boards382
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
Aider polyglot32.4%3.6%GPT-4.1 Mini
SWE-bench Verified23.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Coding Index20.2Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)58.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)48.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)7.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
WeirdML37.6%11.8%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: coding13671290GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT13601291GPT-4.1 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
AA Intelligence Index10.2Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Epoch Capabilities Index134.9Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom52.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
BALROGNot measured17.4%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)50.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
GPQA Diamond67.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)70.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)66.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)5.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)65.8%37.7%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
SimpleBenchNot measured10.7%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
Chess puzzles1.0%3.0%GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
Mystery game puzzles7.0%12.0%GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
VPCTNot measured34.0%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13491267GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: expert13381234GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13621278GPT-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 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Math benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)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%6.9%GPT-4.1 Mini
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 36.7%0.7%GPT-4.1 Mini
MATH level 587.3%52.6%GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: math13431267GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work13471271GPT-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-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)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%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SimpleQA Verified12.7%8.3%GPT-4.1 Mini
MMLUNot measured76.7%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
GeoBenchNot measured64.0%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text: science13281286GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13241282GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government13431305GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance13221265GPT-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 4 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-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)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 index200
General benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)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
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured67.2%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text13411286GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following13331258GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12991268GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision11811066GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: English13561301GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English13181266GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese13291265GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: German13501272GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese12901216GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean12981195GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: French13581297GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Spanish13191276GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Russian13241275GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish13261244GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: multi-turn13541285GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries13441289GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language13191282GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13001253GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: English11911072GPT-4.1 Mini
LMArena Vision: Chinese11861033GPT-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 17 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-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)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-mini (2024-07-18)$0.0004Fits in one request

GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)$0.0093Fits in one request

GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits in one request
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)$0.036Exceeds the context window

GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 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-mini (2024-07-18)
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
MakerOpenAIOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 14, 2025July 18, 2024
Context window1.05M128K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.15
Output $/Mtok$1.60$0.60
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-mini (2024-07-18) for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for a larger context window (1.05M against 128K tokens) and work measured by Chess puzzles or Mystery game puzzles, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Mini or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)?

GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs $0.15 and $0.60. 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-mini (2024-07-18)?

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

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) comparison based on?

40 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-mini (2024-07-18)'s on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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