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GPT-4 Turbo vs o3 Mini

o3 Mini leads GPT-4 Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 12.5 to 7.0, and o3 Mini costs 6.8x less per output token ($4.40 vs $30.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4 Turbo Replace o3 Mini
GPT-4 TurboOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$30.00
2
o3 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
38.0
Output $/M
$4.40
35
vs boards won of 37 shared

GPT-4 Turbo or o3 Mini: which to pick

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

Pick GPT-4 Turbo for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4 TurboOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel Bo3 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
37
GPT-4 Turbo only
5
o3 Mini only
34
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 Turbo not benchmarked, o3 Mini not benchmarked.
Widest category
Coding, 26.2 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run): GPT-4 Turbo 29.1% against o3 Mini 73.4%, 44.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4 Turbo $30.00 against o3 Mini $4.40 per million output tokens, 6.8x apart.
Context window
GPT-4 Turbo takes 128K tokens, o3 Mini 200K.

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 TurboBarso3 MiniTies
Coding03
Intelligence02
Reasoning04
Math02
Knowledge16
General118
All shared boards235
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured60.4%Only o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured42.4%Only o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench LiteNot measured32.3%Only o3 Mini measured
AA Coding Index21.5Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured71.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)29.1%73.4%o3 Mini
SciCodeNot measured42.8%Only o3 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured6.8%Only o3 Mini measured
GSO-BenchNot measured1.3%Only o3 Mini measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.7%Only o3 Mini measured
CybenchNot measured22.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding12681378o3 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT12671364o3 Mini
SciCodeNot measured7.7%Only o3 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.012.5o3 Mini
Epoch Capabilities Index127.3140.2o3 Mini
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured31.3%Only o3 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured75.5%Only o3 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured77.3%Only o3 Mini measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)3.1%12.0%o3 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured77.0%Only o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGINot measured34.5%Only o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured3.0%Only o3 Mini measured
SimpleBenchNot measured22.8%Only o3 Mini measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured15.0%Only o3 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured7.0%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12511365o3 Mini
LMArena Text: expert12231364o3 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12661375o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
AIMENot measured86.5%Only o3 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured91.8%Only o3 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured91.3%Only o3 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured76.9%Only o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured18.6%Only o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured0.0%Only o3 Mini measured
MATH level 5Not measured96.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math12721396o3 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work12681399o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
MMLU ProNot measured78.7%Only o3 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.5%71.5%GPT-4 Turbo
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured45.3%Only o3 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured69.4%Only o3 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)82.0%94.8%o3 Mini
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)69.4%80.2%o3 Mini
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured15.3%Only o3 Mini measured
MMLU81.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LMArena Text: science12561339o3 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12391330o3 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government12651328o3 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance12221313o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index118
General benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
IFBenchNot measured67.1%Only o3 Mini measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured43.0%Only o3 Mini measured
DTBench61.6%68.8%o3 Mini
LMCA9.8%19.0%o3 Mini
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured50.0%Only o3 Mini measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured61.7%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text12721337o3 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following12491337o3 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12681286o3 Mini
LMArena Vision1090Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LMArena Text: English12911351o3 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English12451319o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese12421379o3 Mini
LMArena Text: German12591303o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese11941286o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean11871313o3 Mini
LMArena Text: French12761334o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Spanish12601321o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Russian12591304o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Polish13021294GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Text: multi-turn12671320o3 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries12541343o3 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language12791313o3 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12581283o3 Mini
LMArena Vision: English1097Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1045Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and o3 Mini
BenchmarkGPT-4 Turboo3 MiniLeader
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 Turbo$0.025Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.0033Fits in one request

o3 Mini costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4 Turbo$0.590Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.068Fits in one request

o3 Mini costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4 Turbo$2.30Exceeds the context window
o3 Mini$0.264Exceeds the context window

o3 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 Turbo and o3 Mini
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4 TurboOpenAI o3 Mini
MakerOpenAIOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 9, 2024January 31, 2025
Context window128K200K
Input $/Mtok$10.00$1.10
Output $/Mtok$30.00$4.40
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4 Turbo better than o3 Mini for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4 Turbo for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4 Turbo or o3 Mini?

GPT-4 Turbo costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens; o3 Mini costs $1.10 and $4.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4 Turbo or o3 Mini?

o3 Mini, with 200K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4 Turbo vs o3 Mini comparison based on?

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4 Turbo's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and o3 Mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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