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GPT-4 vs O1

The readout for GPT-4 and O1, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: O1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

O1

O1 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 20 to 80.

Evidence depth

76 data points

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

Selection signal

Start with O1

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 O1: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
GPT-4
O1
Overall leaderContenderLeading
Weighted overall score20.0 pts80.0 pts
Benchmark category leads0 categories3 categories
Operational advantagesCheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverageNo data
Context window8.2K tokens200K tokens
Max output4.1K tokens100K tokens
Modalities

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Output

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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
O1
DeveloperOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedMay 2023Dec 2024
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerGPTGPT
Knowledge cutoff2021-09-302023-10-31
OpenRouter IDopenai/gpt-4openai/o1
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4 and O1: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

GPT-4

GPT-4 has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage.

O1

O1 leads these benchmark categories: Coding, Reasoning, Math.

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
6 / 8
Shared
3 shared categories

Avg. score

GPT-4

42.4

Avg. score

O1

52.2

Agents

O1

GPT-4-
O145.5

Coding

O1 leads by 1.0

GPT-449.5
O150.5

Reasoning

O1 leads by 13.8

GPT-436.9
O150.7

Knowledge

O1

GPT-4-
O162.5

Math

O1 leads by 11.9

GPT-440.7
O152.6

Multilingual

No data

GPT-4-
O1-

Multimodal

No data

GPT-4-
O1-

Instruction following

O1

GPT-4-
O151.5

Professional benchmark details

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

Pricingverified

Blended price

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

$37.50/M

Rank #182/184 · confidence 4

+$11.25/M

O1

winner

$26.25/M

Rank #177/184 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Input price

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

$30.00/M

Rank #182/184 · confidence 4

+$15.00/M

O1

winner

$15.00/M

Rank #177/184 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Output price

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

$60.00/M

Rank #177/184 · confidence 4

$0.0000/M

O1

$60.00/M

Rank #177/184 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

MMLU-Pro

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

56.2%

Rank #121/129 · confidence 4

+27.9%

O1

winner

84.1%

Rank #34/129 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

GPQA

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

34.9%

Rank #209/216 · confidence 4

+39.8%

O1

winner

74.7%

Rank #123/216 · confidence 4

Mathverified

MATH-500

SourceGPT-4

GPT-4

56.8%

Rank #66/73 · confidence 4

+40.2%

O1

winner

97.0%

Rank #13/73 · confidence 4

API audit comparison

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

Provider
GPT-4
O1
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
O1

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

AASS API0 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

AI API0 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

AIGCBAR0 tests

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-4

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-4

gpt-4

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

O1

o1-2024-12-17

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.011/request

O1

o1-preview-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.033/request

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.011/request

O1

o1-preview-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.033/request

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.014/request

O1

o1

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$1.03/M/$4.11/M

GPT-4

gpt-4-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.016/request

O1

o1-preview-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.049/request

FAQ

Weighted outcome: O1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Why is this comparison indexable?
It has 4 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.