Model comparison
GPT-4.1 nano vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 1 category and Nova Premier 1.0 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 22.3 to 8.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 55% for GPT-4.1 nano and 72.6% for Nova Premier 1.0.
- GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- GPT-4.1 nano accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
Side by side
| GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 27.7 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 33K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 23.8 (#325), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 8.9% | — |
| SciCode | 25.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 19% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1306 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 26.3 (#98), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 33% | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 8.6 (#344), Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 33.3% | 44.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 0% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1286 | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.62 | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 25.5 (#246), Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 36.7% | 35% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 28.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1274 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#268), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 55% | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50.7% | 51.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | 48.9% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1272 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 28.6 (#108), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1063 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 41.8 (#200), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1270 | — |
| LMArena German | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1199 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | — |
Instruction Following GPT-4.1 nano leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 68.0 (#188), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.3% | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1267 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#291), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 25% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1283 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 40.7 (#238), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 81.2% | 78.8% |
| LMArena Text | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1260 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 946 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 nano costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 nano or Nova Premier 1.0?
GPT-4.1 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-4.1 nano does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 nano and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.