# GPT-5 vs GPT-5.4 nano

> GPT-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 7.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-5-vs-gpt-5-4-nano
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 40

## Summary

- They share 40 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 scores higher in 9 categories and GPT-5.4 nano in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where GPT-5 leads 69.5 to 41.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 50.1% for GPT-5 and 11.7% for GPT-5.4 nano.
- GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 50.9 | 41.9 |
| Rank | 45 | 125 |
| Context | 400K | 400K |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | $0.20 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $1.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GPT-5: 50.3 (#47)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 42.9% | 46.9% |
| WeirdML | 60.7% | 49.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1436 | 1405 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,162 | 1,005 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.6% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 65% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 88% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1418 | — |
| GSO | 6.9% | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.67 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-5: 33.1 (#56)
- GPT-5.4 nano: —

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 49.6% | — |
| GDPval | 34.8% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 1.7% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 49.6% | — |
| BALROG | 32.8% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1133 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 69.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-5: 38.3 (#64)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 9.9% | 5.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 72.7% | 39.7% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 65.7% | 51.5% |
| CritPt | 12.6% | 9.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 37% | 30% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1416 | 1381 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 23% | 9% |
| DTBench | 90.7% | 80.3% |
| LMCA | 40% | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150 | 145.81 |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | 57.3 |
| SimpleBench | 56.7% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 10.5% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 12.7% | — |

## Math

- GPT-5: 55.0 (#44)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 55.4% | 44.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | 12.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 91.4% | 87.8% |
| ProofBench | 18% | 5% |
| LMArena Math | 1407 | 1406 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 32.4% | 25.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 12.5% | 6.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 64.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 98.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-5: 56.6 (#43)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 86.2% | 78.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.1% | 11.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.7% | 3.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1419 | 1396 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 25.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 79.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-5: 46.8 (#13)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1232 | 1196 |
| GeoBench | 81% | — |
| VPCT | 66% | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-5: 51.4 (#110)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1397 | 1359 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1422 | 1392 |
| LMArena French | 1410 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1416 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1409 | 1343 |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | 1320 |
| LMArena Russian | 1406 | 1363 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1399 | 1371 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-5: 73.8 (#113)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1388 | 1362 |
| IFEval | 87.5% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-5: 69.5 (#2)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1399 | 1366 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 97.2% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-5: 63.4 (#65)
- GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142)

| Benchmark | GPT-5 | GPT-5.4 nano |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1406 | 1372 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1365 | 1314 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1426 | 1382 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 86% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1627 | — |
| WildBench | 85.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-5 better than GPT-5.4 nano?

GPT-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5.4 nano costs 7.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GPT-5 or GPT-5.4 nano?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; GPT-5 lists at $1.25 and $10.

### Is GPT-5 or GPT-5.4 nano better for coding?

GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 400K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-5 and GPT-5.4 nano share?

40 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 has 69 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.4 nano has 40.