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GPT-4.1 minivsGPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Pro leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. GPT-4.1 mini is 67.5x cheaper per token. GPT-4.1 mini has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
GPT-5 Pro leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-4.1 mini
67.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-4.1 mini
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.7541%
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI · released 2025-04-14
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 4 only GPT-4.1 mini · 1 only GPT-5 Pro| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | GPT-5 Pro | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 65% ↗ | 88.4% ↗ | -23.4 pt | GPT-5 Pro |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 6.7% ↗epoch | 55.8% ↗epoch | -49.1 pt | GPT-5 Pro |
| Only GPT-4.1 mini reports · 4 | ||||
| MMLU | 87.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2024 | 49.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 44.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5 Pro reports · 1 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 19.5% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-4.1 mini minus GPT-5 Pro in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-4.1 mini | GPT-5 Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 400K tokens | GPT-4.1 mini |
| Max output | 33K tokens | 272K tokens | GPT-5 Pro |
| Input price / 1M | $0.4 ↗ | $15 ↗ | GPT-4.1 mini |
| Output price / 1M | $1.6 ↗ | $120 ↗ | GPT-4.1 mini |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2 | $135 | GPT-4.1 mini |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2025-10-06 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 7 | 3 | — |
Reliability
OpenAI status
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