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GPT-4o (2024-08-06) vs GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)

GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs 16.7x less per output token than GPT-4o (2024-08-06) ($0.60 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 39 benchmarks have a result for both.

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GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
26.3
Output $/M
$10.00
16
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.60
23
vs boards won of 39 shared

GPT-4o (2024-08-06) 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-4o (2024-08-06) for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
39
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) only
19
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) only
7
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-4o (2024-08-06) not benchmarked, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) not benchmarked.
Widest category
Coding, 7.6 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Aider polyglot: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) 23.1% against GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 3.6%, 19.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4o (2024-08-06) $10.00 against GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) $0.60 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
Context window
Both take 128K tokens.

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-4o (2024-08-06)BarsGPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Ties
Coding12
Reasoning42
Math32
Knowledge24
General613
All shared boards1623
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index12
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
Aider polyglot23.1%3.6%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
SWE-bench Lite21.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)31.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)8.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
WeirdMLNot measured11.8%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text: coding12831289GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: software and IT12781291GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
AA Intelligence Index7.7Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom28.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
BALROGNot measured17.4%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)64.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)52.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)2.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)49.2%37.7%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
SimpleBench17.8%10.7%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Chess puzzles6.0%3.0%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured12.0%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
VPCTNot measured34.0%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12641267GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: expert12411235GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12771278GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
Math benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
AIME14.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)75.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MGSM (Vals AI)90.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
OTIS Mock AIME6.4%6.9%GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 30.4%0.7%GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
MATH level 553.3%52.6%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: math12851267GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: mathematical work12831271GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
MMLU Pro74.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)39.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)61.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
MedQA (Vals AI)88.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
SimpleQA Verified26.0%8.3%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
MMLU84.3%76.7%GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
GeoBenchNot measured64.0%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text: science12741286GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12521282GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: legal and government12751305GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: business and finance12321265GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
Neither model has a result on 9 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index613
General benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)Leader
IFBench36.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)41.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4o (2024-08-06) measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured67.2%Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text12831286GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: instruction following12671258GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: creative writing12741268GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Vision10651066GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: English12971301GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: non-English12621266GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: Chinese12541265GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: German12571272GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: Japanese12341216GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: Korean12181195GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: French12631297GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: Spanish12691276GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: Russian12721275GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1244Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn12791285GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: longer queries12831289GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Text: writing and language12901282GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12671253GPT-4o (2024-08-06)
LMArena Vision: English10721072GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
LMArena Vision: Chinese10091033GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
BenchmarkGPT-4o (2024-08-06)GPT-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-4o (2024-08-06)$0.0075Fits 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-4o (2024-08-06)$0.155Fits 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-4o (2024-08-06)$0.600Exceeds the context window
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-4o (2024-08-06) and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
MakerOpenAIOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedAugust 6, 2024July 18, 2024
Context window128K128K
Input $/Mtok$2.50$0.15
Output $/Mtok$10.00$0.60
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4o (2024-08-06) 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-4o (2024-08-06) for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4o (2024-08-06) or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)?

GPT-4o (2024-08-06) costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4o (2024-08-06) or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)?

Neither: both take 128K tokens.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4o (2024-08-06) vs GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) comparison based on?

39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. GPT-4o (2024-08-06)'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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