Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs GPT-5.4 mini
GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.4 mini leads 51.5 to 15.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.9% for Claude 2.1 and 88.9% for GPT-5.4 mini.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 45.0 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2026-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 400K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.50 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 mini leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | 60.3% |
| FrontierCode | — | 27% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1397 |
| SciCode | — | 49.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1438 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,189 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 36.3% |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 mini leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 80% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 148.84 |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | 57 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 18.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 61.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| CritPt | — | 10% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 61.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1424 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 11% |
| LMCA | — | 40.8% |
Math GPT-5.4 mini leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 88.9% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 51.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 9.8% |
| ProofBench | — | 21% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1419 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 28.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 mini leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 86.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1435 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1245 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1446 |
| LMArena French | — | 1440 |
| LMArena German | — | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1374 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1368 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1405 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1405 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1407 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1412 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1370 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1665 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1429 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than GPT-5.4 mini?
GPT-5.4 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?
GPT-5.4 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.2 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and GPT-5.4 mini share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.