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GPT-4.1vsGPT-5.5

GPT-5.5 leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. GPT-4.1 is 3.5x cheaper per token. GPT-4.1 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 – 4
GPT-5.5 leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-4.1
3.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-4.1
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.2446%
OpenAI
GPT-4.1
OpenAI · released 2025-04-14
textvision
Context
1.0M
Max out
33K
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$8
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
10 · 8 core
GPT-5.5
OpenAI · released 2026-04-23
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$5
Output /1M
$30
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
21 · 10 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-5.5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 4
GPQA Diamond66.3% 90.7% epoch-24.4 ptGPT-5.5
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)6% epoch85.3% epoch-79.3 ptGPT-5.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)38.3% epoch84.4% epoch-46.1 ptGPT-5.5
SimpleQA Verified31.1% epoch63% epoch-31.9 ptGPT-5.5
Only GPT-4.1 reports · 5
SWE-bench Verified54.6% not reported
MMLU90.2% not reported
AIME 202448.1% not reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)48.5% epochnot reported
Video-MME (long, no subtitles)72% not reported
Only GPT-5.5 reports · 17
AIME 2026not reported100% matharena
LMArena Elonot reported1465.6
ARC-AGI-1 (Verified)not reported95%
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)not reported85%
BrowseCompnot reported84.4%
FrontierMath Tier 1-3not reported51.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4not reported35.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported72.5% epoch
GDPval (wins or ties)not reported84.9%
MCP Atlasnot reported75.3%
MMMU-Pro (no tools)not reported81.2%
MMMU-Pro (with tools)not reported83.2%
OSWorld-Verifiednot reported78.7%
SWE-Bench Pronot reported58.6%
Tau2-bench Telecomnot reported98%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported82.7%
Toolathlonnot reported55.6%
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 minus GPT-5.5 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

SpecGPT-4.1GPT-5.5Edge
Context window1.0M tokens1M tokensGPT-4.1
Max output33K tokens128K tokensGPT-5.5
Input price / 1M$2 $5 GPT-4.1
Output price / 1M$8 $30 GPT-4.1
Cached input / 1M$0.5 $0.5 Tie
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$10$35GPT-4.1
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2025-04-142026-04-23
Cited benchmark scores1021
Reliability

OpenAI status

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