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GPT-4 vs GPT-5

The readout for GPT-4 and GPT-5, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Model A

GPT-4

OpenAI

Contender
vs

Model B

GPT-5

OpenAI

Leading

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: GPT-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

GPT-5

GPT-5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 4 to 96.

Evidence depth

78 data points

Includes 6 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.

Selection signal

Start with GPT-5

The charts below split 16 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.

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Comparison sheet

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
GPT-4
GPT-5
Overall leaderContenderLeading
Weighted overall score4.0 pts96.0 pts
Benchmark category leads0 categories3 categories
Operational advantagesFirst-token latencyCheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage
Context window8.2K tokens400K tokens
Max output4.1K tokens128K tokens
Modalities

Input

Text

Output

Text

Input

TextImageFile

Output

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Features
Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode
Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning

The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.

Model metadata

Model compare
GPT-4
GPT-5
DeveloperOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedMay 2023Aug 2025
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerGPTGPT
Knowledge cutoff2021-09-302024-09-30
OpenRouter IDopenai/gpt-4openai/gpt-5
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4 and GPT-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

GPT-4

GPT-4 has these operational advantages: First-token latency.

GPT-5

GPT-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, Free providers, Provider coverage).

Benchmark score comparison

Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.

Category performance

Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.

Model A coverage
3 / 8
Model B coverage
7 / 8
Shared
3 shared categories

Avg. score

GPT-4

41.2

Avg. score

GPT-5

50.9

Agents

GPT-5

GPT-4-
GPT-545.8

Coding

GPT-5 leads by 2.4

GPT-446.2
GPT-548.6

Reasoning

GPT-5 leads by 13.9

GPT-436.8
GPT-550.7

Knowledge

GPT-5

GPT-4-
GPT-549.2

Math

GPT-5 leads by 20.7

GPT-440.7
GPT-561.4

Multilingual

No data

GPT-4-
GPT-5-

Multimodal

GPT-5

GPT-4-
GPT-547.9

Instruction following

GPT-5

GPT-4-
GPT-552.8

Professional benchmark details

Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.

Pricingverified

Input price

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

$30.00/M

Rank #184/186 · confidence 4

+$28.75/M

GPT-5

winner

$1.25/M

Rank #123/186 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Blended price

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

$37.50/M

Rank #184/186 · confidence 4

+$34.06/M

GPT-5

winner

$3.44/M

Rank #139/186 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Output price

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

$60.00/M

Rank #179/186 · confidence 4

+$50.00/M

GPT-5

winner

$10.00/M

Rank #142/186 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

MMLU-Pro

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

56.2%

Rank #121/129 · confidence 4

+30.9%

GPT-5

winner

87.1%

Rank #12/129 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

GPQA

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

34.9%

Rank #211/218 · confidence 4

+32.4%

GPT-5

winner

67.3%

Rank #148/218 · confidence 4

Mathverified

MATH-500

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

56.8%

Rank #66/73 · confidence 4

+29.3%

GPT-5

winner

86.1%

Rank #42/73 · confidence 4

API audit comparison

Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.

Provider
GPT-4
GPT-5
No completed audits are available from shared providers yet.

Provider examples

Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.

Provider
GPT-4
GPT-5
N1N5 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-5

speed / latency

102 tok/s / 948ms

input / output

No data

简易-API中转站5 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-5

speed / latency

58 tok/s / 17419ms

input / output

No data

VoAPI公益站2 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-5

speed / latency

139 tok/s / 12690ms

input / output

No data

42公益站0 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-5

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

9527 API0 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-5

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

兔子API

GPT-4

gpt-4-32k-0613

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

GPT-5

gpt-5-2025-08-07

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

Yun API

GPT-4

gpt-4-1106-preview

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.685/M/$2.05/M

GPT-5

gpt-5

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0014/request

KFCV50

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.014/request

GPT-5

gpt-5

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0068/request

Newagiai

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.011/request

GPT-5

gpt-5-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0068/request

柏拉图AI

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.011/request

GPT-5

gpt-5-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0068/request

FAQ

Weighted outcome: GPT-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Why is this comparison indexable?
It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
Are missing metrics invented?
No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.

Rankings are based on community-submitted tests and periodic health probes. Advisory only, not official data.