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o4 Mini vs GPT-4.1 Mini — Benchmarks, Pricing & Coding Comp…
o4 Mini vs GPT-4.1 Mini: side-by-side benchmarks, pricing, context windows, coding ability and deployment. Pick the right model for your stack.
Overview
o4 Mini: o4 Mini is OpenAI's next-generation efficient reasoning model adding vision support to the mini reasoning tier. It is optimized for agentic tasks requiring both image understanding and step-by-step logic at low cost-per-task.
Context window: GPT-4.1 Mini accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens, o4 Mini up to 200,000. Confirm the limit for your specific deployment channel before relying on it.
GPT-4.1 Mini vs o4 Mini at a glance
| Attribute | GPT-4.1 Mini | o4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2025-09-01 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 200,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.4/M tokens | $1.1/M tokens |
| Output price | $1.6/M tokens | $4.4/M tokens |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Self-hostable | No, hosted only | No, hosted only |
| Modalities | text, vision | text, vision |
Benchmarks reported for both
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 Mini | o4 Mini | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpqa | 65 | 77.6 | Date not published |
Scores are as published by their cited sources on the dates shown. Different runs use different harnesses, prompts, and dates, so treat these as directional evidence rather than a head-to-head result.
Where they differ most
- Cost Efficiency: GPT-4.1 Mini 80%, o4 Mini 63%. GPT-4.1 Mini leads on this dimension.
- Reasoning: GPT-4.1 Mini 65%, o4 Mini 78%. o4 Mini leads on this dimension.
Capability scores are ModelRefs' own derived signals, not vendor claims or benchmark results. Validate against your own workload before relying on them.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, o4 Mini or GPT-4.1 Mini?
o4 Mini and GPT-4.1 Mini target different workloads — see the benchmark and pricing tables for a side-by-side answer.
Is o4 Mini cheaper than GPT-4.1 Mini?
Compare $0.00110 vs $0.00040 on this page.