Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 mini

GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-4.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 43 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 OpenAI

35.9

Rank #219 Confirmed

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 43 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-4.1 mini in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.1 leads 57.6 to 48.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CadEval: 42% for GPT-4.1 and 16% for GPT-4.1 mini.
  • GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $8 for GPT-4.1.

Side by side

GPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index35.933.6
Released2025-04-142025-04-14
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output33K33K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$8$1.60
Results tracked5247

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#238), GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)39.6%23.9%
Aider Polyglot52.4%32.4%
WeirdML39%37.6%
LMArena Coding13911367
CadEval42%16%
SWE-bench Verified48.5%—
SciCode—40.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—48.9%
ALE-Bench558.1—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 34.7 (#43), GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard54%50.5%

Reasoning Too close to call

GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#339), GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
ARC-AGI-20.4%0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%48.6%
ARC-AGI-15.5%3.5%
Chess Puzzles6%7%
LMArena Hard Prompts13841349
DTBench68.3%68.8%
LMCA25.6%21.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index136.78135.01
SimpleBench27%—
CritPt—0%
EnigmaEval2.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
ForecastBench61.5—

Math GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1: 22.3 (#280), GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6%6.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202538.3%44.7%
Omni-MATH47.1%49.1%
LMArena Math13701343
MATH Level 583%87.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.5%4.5%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 37.1 (#160), GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
GPQA Diamond66.9%65.8%
SimpleQA Verified31.1%12.7%
MMLU-Pro81.1%78.3%
GPQA (HELM)65.9%61.4%
LMArena Expert13641338
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.6%—

Multimodal GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 38.2 (#67), GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Vision12111181
GeoBench72%—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 49.4 (#133), GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Non-English13701318
LMArena Chinese13821329
LMArena French13821358
LMArena German13811351
LMArena Japanese13191290
LMArena Korean13391298
LMArena Russian13771324
LMArena Spanish13761319

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1: 71.3 (#153), GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
IFEval83.8%90.4%
LMArena Instruction Following13671333

Long Context GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#163), GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%44.4%
LMArena Longer Query13851344

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 57.6 (#125), GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-4.1 mini
LMArena Text13831340
LMArena Creative Writing13631300
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14201147
WildBench85.4%83.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn13981354

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 better than GPT-4.1 mini?

GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4.1 mini costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-4.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 or GPT-4.1 mini?

GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; GPT-4.1 lists at $2 and $8.

Is GPT-4.1 or GPT-4.1 mini better for coding?

GPT-4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini share?

43 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.1 mini has 47.

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