Data points: 96
Model compare
The readout for GPT-4o and GPT-4o Mini, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GPT-4o. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-4o
GPT-4o has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 58.7 to 41.3.
Evidence depth
96 data points
Includes 15 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-4o
The charts below split 21 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4o and GPT-4o Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GPT-4o | GPT-4o Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 58.7 pts | 41.3 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 3 categories | 2 categories |
| Operational advantages | First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage | Cheapest input price, Average speed |
| Context window | 128K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Max output | 16.4K tokens | 16.4K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text | Input |
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 compare | GPT-4o | GPT-4o Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Released | Nov 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | GPT | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2023-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
| OpenRouter ID | openai/gpt-4o | openai/gpt-4o-mini |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-4o and GPT-4o Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GPT-4o
GPT-4o is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage).
GPT-4o Mini
GPT-4o Mini is stronger in benchmark categories (Knowledge, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
GPT-4o
43.2
Avg. score
GPT-4o Mini
41.8
GPT-4o leads by 6.9
GPT-4o leads by 9.0
Tied
GPT-4o Mini leads by 4.5
GPT-4o Mini leads by 3.9
No data
No data
GPT-4o leads by 1.1
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GPT-4o
$4.38/M
Rank #127/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
winner$0.262/M
Rank #21/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$2.50/M
Rank #131/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
winner$0.150/M
Rank #21/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
$10.00/M
Rank #120/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
winner$0.600/M
Rank #23/162 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner74.8%
Rank #90/125 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
64.8%
Rank #112/125 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner54.3%
Rank #156/188 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
42.6%
Rank #173/188 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
3.3%
Rank #180/187 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
winner4.0%
Rank #162/187 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner33.3
Rank #80/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-4o Mini
22.9
Rank #94/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-07-18
GPT-4o
winner30.9%
Rank #88/115 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
23.4%
Rank #101/115 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner33.3%
Rank #120/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
22.9%
Rank #166/185 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
winner15.0%
Rank #50/68 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
11.7%
Rank #55/68 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
75.9%
Rank #56/74 · confidence 4
GPT-4o Mini
winner78.9%
Rank #52/74 · confidence 4
GPT-4o
3.3
Rank #94/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-4o Mini
winner4.0
Rank #89/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-07-18
GPT-4o
winner11.2
Rank #90/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-4o Mini
6.9
Rank #97/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-07-18
GPT-4o
winner54.3
Rank #91/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-4o Mini
42.6
Rank #95/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-07-18
GPT-4o
winner34.3
Rank #82/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-05-13
GPT-4o Mini
31.0
Rank #84/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2024-07-18
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GPT-4o | GPT-4o Mini |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GPT-4o | GPT-4o Mini |
|---|---|---|
82 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 82 tok/s / 3100ms input / output No data | GPT-4o Mini speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
25 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 105 tok/s / 1970ms input / output No data | GPT-4o Mini speed / latency 102 tok/s / 679ms input / output No data |
20 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 88 tok/s / 1593ms input / output No data | GPT-4o Mini speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
10 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4o Mini speed / latency 84 tok/s / 5980ms input / output No data |
10 tests | GPT-4o speed / latency 135 tok/s / 1427ms input / output No data | GPT-4o Mini speed / latency 78 tok/s / 1046ms input / output No data |
GPT-4o gpt-4o-2024-11-20 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-4o Mini gpt-4o-mini speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: GPT-4o. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeWeb search | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeWeb search |
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