GPT-6 Astra vs o4 Mini
GPT-6 Astra leads o4 Mini on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 52.7 to 16.7, and o4 Mini costs 11.4x less per output token ($4.40 vs $50.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 64 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 64 shared
GPT-6 Astra or o4 Mini: which to pick
Only GPT-6 Astra has a coding score, 85.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; o4 Mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick o4 Mini for output tokens 11.4x cheaper ($4.40 vs $50.00 per million).
Model AGPT-6 AstraOpenAI85.1/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel Bo4 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 64
- GPT-6 Astra only
- 57
- o4 Mini only
- 34
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 52.7 against 16.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a AA Agentic Index result, 51.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only o4 Mini has a GPQA Diamond result, 74.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only o4 Mini has a AIME result, 83.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only o4 Mini has a MMLU Pro result, 80.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 1336 against 985.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a Vals Index result, 65.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens against 200K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
o4 Mini
GPT-6 Astra $0.035, o4 Mini $0.0033 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6 Astra 85.1 from 5 benchmarks, o4 Mini not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 54.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- FrontierMath, tier 4: GPT-6 Astra 97.6% against o4 Mini 4.9%, 92.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Astra $50.00 against o4 Mini $4.40 per million output tokens, 11.4x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens, o4 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.
| Category | GPT-6 Astra | Bars | o4 Mini | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 12 | 0 | ||
| Math | 5 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 7 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 27 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 64 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 72.0% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | Not measured | 64.6% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal | Not measured | 33.9% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LiveBench coding | 93.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| AA Coding Index | 76.9 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.2% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 59.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 89.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 67.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 5.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 87.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 27.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 41.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 85.9% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| SciCode | 56.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 15.2% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| FrontierCode | 53.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierSWE | 65.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GSO-Bench | 79.4% | 3.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| WeirdML | 93.3% | 52.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MirrorCode | 46.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2951.3 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1489 | 1368 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1474 | 1367 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1798 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1775 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1726 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SciCode | 12.3% | 10.8% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.7 | 16.7 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 168.8 | 145.5 | GPT-6 Astra |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 51.0 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1373 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1357 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1312 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1348 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1365 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench research | 85.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 82.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 56.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 20.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 39.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 7.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 79.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vals Science Index | 65.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 90.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 19.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 23.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 55.6% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| APEX-Agents | 64.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 63.9% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 20.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BALROG | 68.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SpireClimb | 25.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $15,515 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 53.2% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index120
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 74.5% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 92.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 53.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.7% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 96.3% | 78.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.7% | 16.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 95.8% | 79.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | 58.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 95.0% | 6.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 38.7% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Chess puzzles | 74.0% | 22.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Mystery game puzzles | 84.0% | 5.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| EBR-bench | 76.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| VPCT | Not measured | 57.5% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1463 | 1351 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1489 | 1343 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1464 | 1366 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | 1197 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | 1234 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 67.6% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 83.7% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 94.2% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 93.4% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 90.7 | Only o4 Mini measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 90.7% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | 81.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 93.7% | 36.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 97.6% | 4.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ProofBench | 99.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 97.8% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1465 | 1389 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1484 | 1379 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 80.6% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.2% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.0% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.8% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.8% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.0% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 48.5% | 33.8% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 83.2% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 75.6% | 19.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 64.0% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1451 | 1354 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1425 | 1361 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1462 | 1350 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | 1325 | GPT-6 Astra |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 75.7% | 28.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1336 | 985 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1393 | 983 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1478 | 1003 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1335 | 991 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1500 | 854 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1379 | 976 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1431 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1353 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench design | 82.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index270
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 65.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 83.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 46.4% | 41.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.9% | 69.1% | GPT-6 Astra |
| IFBench | Not measured | 68.7% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | 61.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| DTBench | 97.3% | 77.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMCA | 64.4% | 26.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 77.8% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 75.0% | Only o4 Mini measured |
| Furniture assembly | 80.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1353 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1455 | 1320 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1420 | 1294 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision | 1280 | 1194 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: English | 1447 | 1367 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1432 | 1337 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1489 | 1354 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: German | 1459 | 1336 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1405 | 1308 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1428 | 1312 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | 1364 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | 1346 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1438 | 1334 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1422 | 1358 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1447 | 1350 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1460 | 1315 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1437 | 1316 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1427 | 1308 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1280 | 1200 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1361 | 1218 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1292 | 1197 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1199 | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1204 | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1218 | Only o4 Mini measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1286 | 1166 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | o4 Mini | 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-6 Astra$0.035Fits in one request
o4 Mini$0.0033Fits in one request
o4 Mini costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6 Astra$0.650Fits in one request
o4 Mini$0.068Fits in one request
o4 Mini costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6 Astra$2.50Fits in one request
o4 Mini$0.264Exceeds the context window
o4 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.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI o4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 4, 2026 | April 16, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 200K |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $4.40 |
| Coding index | 85.1 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Astra better than o4 Mini for coding?
Only GPT-6 Astra has a coding score, 85.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; o4 Mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick o4 Mini for output tokens 11.4x cheaper ($4.40 vs $50.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or o4 Mini?
GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; o4 Mini costs $1.10 and $4.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Astra or o4 Mini?
GPT-6 Astra, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Astra vs o4 Mini comparison based on?
64 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-6 Astra's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and o4 Mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.