Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 49.0 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.1 costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 1 category and GPT-5.4 Pro in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 70.7 to 39.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 17.6% for GPT-5.1 and 83.3% for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.1 is cheaper at $1.25 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.4 Pro specifications
GPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index49.058.9
Released2025-11-132026-03-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K1.05M
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$30
Output $ / M tokens$10$180
Results tracked6316

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
WeirdML60.8%57.4%
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
LMArena Coding1454—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
ARC-AGI-217.6%83.3%
SimpleBench53.2%74.1%
ARC-AGI-172.8%94.5%
CritPt4.9%30%
Chess Puzzles32%58.6%
EnigmaEval11.2%23.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64158.93
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1457—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%50%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%37.5%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—82.5%
FrontierMath Tier 4—58.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
LMArena Math1447—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
GPQA Diamond87.6%94.6%
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%44.3%
SimpleQA Verified48%46.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%8.3%
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
LMArena Expert1470—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1450—
LMArena German1438—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—
LMArena Instruction Following1443—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1447—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), GPT-5.4 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1GPT-5.4 Pro
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1427—
WildBench86.3%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1450—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 49.0 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.1 costs 20× 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-5.1 or GPT-5.4 Pro?

GPT-5.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-5.1 or GPT-5.4 Pro better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 43.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.4 Pro share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 Pro has 16.

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