Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 mini

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 45.0 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 mini costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 45 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

GPT-5.4 mini OpenAI

45.0

Rank #76 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 45 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 10 categories and GPT-5.4 mini in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 30.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 74% for GPT-5.4 and 18.9% for GPT-5.4 mini.
  • GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper at $0.75 / $4.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini specifications
GPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
Noometry Index59.445.0
Released2026-03-052026-03-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M400K
Max output128K128K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.75
Output $ / M tokens$15$4.50
Results tracked6846

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.2 (#72)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena WebDev14651397
SciCode56.6%49.9%
WeirdML77.7%60.3%
LMArena Coding14971438
ALE-Bench1,6071,189
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
FrontierCode—27%
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), GPT-5.4 mini: 29.9 (#81)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
DeepResearch Bench35.1%36.3%
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), GPT-5.4 mini: 30.4 (#85)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
ARC-AGI-274%18.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%37.9%
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%61.8%
ARC-AGI-193.7%63.7%
CritPt23.4%10%
Chess Puzzles44%24%
Thematic Generalization80%61.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851424
Mystery Game Puzzles37%11%
DTBench94.4%80%
LMCA52%40.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81148.84
ForecastBench59.557
EnigmaEval16%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), GPT-5.4 mini: 45.5 (#75)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.5 (#67)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
GPQA Diamond93.3%86.9%
SimpleQA Verified45.1%29.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%5.5%
LMArena Expert15071435
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), GPT-5.4 mini: 39.7 (#56)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Vision13031245
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), GPT-5.4 mini: 51.9 (#96)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Non-English14651405
LMArena Chinese15191446
LMArena French14931440
LMArena German14721409
LMArena Japanese14851374
LMArena Korean14481368
LMArena Russian14801417
LMArena Spanish14541405

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), GPT-5.4 mini: 74.1 (#102)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Instruction Following14691405

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), GPT-5.4 mini: 43.0 (#112)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Longer Query14731407
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), GPT-5.4 mini: 64.0 (#58)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4GPT-5.4 mini
LMArena Text14691412
LMArena Creative Writing14391370
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18401665
LMArena Multi-Turn14821429
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 45.0 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 mini costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.4 mini better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 45.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini share?

45 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 mini has 46.

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