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GPT-4.1vsGPT-5 nano
GPT-5 nano leads 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. GPT-5 nano is 22.2x 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
1 – 4
GPT-5 nano leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-5 nano
22.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-4.1
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.2096%
OpenAI
GPT-4.1
OpenAI · released 2025-04-14
textvision
GPT-5 nano
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 4 only GPT-4.1 · 2 only GPT-5 nano| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5 nano | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 54.6% ↗ | 54.7% ↗ | -0.1 pt | GPT-5 nano |
| GPQA Diamond | 66.3% ↗ | 69.4% ↗epoch | -3.1 pt | GPT-5 nano |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 6% ↗epoch | 20% ↗epoch | -14 pt | GPT-5 nano |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 38.3% ↗epoch | 81.1% ↗epoch | -42.8 pt | GPT-5 nano |
| SimpleQA Verified | 31.1% ↗epoch | 11.7% ↗epoch | +19.4 pt | GPT-4.1 |
| Only GPT-4.1 reports · 4 | ||||
| MMLU | 90.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2024 | 48.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 48.5% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Video-MME (long, no subtitles) | 72% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GPT-5 nano reports · 2 | ||||
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 85% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 2.4% ↗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 minus GPT-5 nano 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 | GPT-5 nano | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 400K tokens | GPT-4.1 |
| Max output | 33K tokens | 128K tokens | GPT-5 nano |
| Input price / 1M | $2 ↗ | $0.05 ↗ | GPT-5 nano |
| Output price / 1M | $8 ↗ | $0.4 ↗ | GPT-5 nano |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.5 ↗ | $0.005 ↗ | GPT-5 nano |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $10 | $0.45 | GPT-5 nano |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2025-08-07 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 10 | 7 | — |
Reliability
OpenAI status
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