Model comparison

GPT-4 vs GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4 costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.4 Pro in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 72.4 to 10.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 35.7% for GPT-4 and 94.6% for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-4 is cheaper at $30 / $60 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 8K.

Side by side

GPT-4 and GPT-5.4 Pro specifications
GPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index29.158.9
Released2023-03-142026-03-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window8K1.05M
Max output8K128K
Input $ / M tokens$30$30
Output $ / M tokens$60$180
Results tracked3816

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
WeirdML12.4%57.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct46%—
LMArena Coding1254—
BigCodeBench Complete57.2%—
HumanEval+79.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4: —, GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
METR Time Horizons36.1%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
Chess Puzzles4%58.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index125.89158.93
ARC-AGI-2—83.3%
SimpleBench—74.1%
ARC-AGI-1—94.5%
CritPt—30%
EnigmaEval—23.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1241—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench62.7%—
LMCA17.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard75.1%—
ForecastBench57.8—
HellaSwag95.3%—
WinoGrande87.5%—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
GPQA Diamond35.7%94.6%
Humanity's Last Exam—44.3%
SimpleQA Verified—46.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.3%
LMArena Expert1211—
MMLU86.4%—
TriviaQA84.8%—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Non-English1246—
LMArena Chinese1242—
LMArena French1283—
LMArena German1251—
LMArena Japanese1209—
LMArena Korean1184—
LMArena Russian1251—
LMArena Spanish1261—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following1241—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1244—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Text1263—
LMArena Creative Writing1244—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing752—
LMArena Multi-Turn1257—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4 better than GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index. GPT-4 costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4 or GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-4 is cheaper. It lists at $30 per million input tokens and $60 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-4 or GPT-5.4 Pro better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and GPT-5.4 Pro share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 Pro has 16.

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