Model comparison
GPT-4.1 vs GPT-5.3 Chat
GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.3 Chat in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.3 Chat leads 28.5 to 11.7.
- GPT-4.1 is cheaper at $2 / $8 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Chat.
- GPT-4.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 42.8 |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2026-03-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $1.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $8 | $14 |
| Results tracked | 52 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#238), GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1391 | 1408 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 48.5% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 39.6% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 52.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 39% | — |
| CadEval | 42% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 558.1 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4.1: 34.7 (#43), GPT-5.3 Chat: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 54% | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#339), GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1384 | 1399 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 2.2% | — |
| DTBench | 68.3% | — |
| LMCA | 25.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.78 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.5 | — |
Math GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 22.3 (#280), GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1370 | 1389 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 38.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 47.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 83% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 37.1 (#160), GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1364 | 1397 |
| GPQA Diamond | 66.9% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 31.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 81.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 65.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4.1: 38.2 (#67), GPT-5.3 Chat: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1211 | — |
| GeoBench | 72% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
GPT-4.1: 49.4 (#133), GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1370 | 1382 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1382 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1382 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1381 | 1384 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1319 | 1352 |
| LMArena Korean | 1339 | 1346 |
| LMArena Russian | 1377 | 1400 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1376 | 1371 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 71.3 (#153), GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | 1378 |
| IFEval | 83.8% | — |
Long Context GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#163), GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1385 | 1396 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 63.9% | — |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.3 Chat leads
GPT-4.1: 57.6 (#125), GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.3 Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1383 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1363 | 1355 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1420 | 1690 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1398 | 1412 |
| WildBench | 85.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4.1 better than GPT-5.3 Chat?
GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 or GPT-5.3 Chat?
GPT-4.1 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $8 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Chat lists at $1.75 and $14.
Is GPT-4.1 or GPT-5.3 Chat better for coding?
GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-4.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.3 Chat share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Chat has 18.