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GPT-5.1 vs O3 Mini

The readout for GPT-5.1 and O3 Mini, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: GPT-5.1. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

GPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 69.3 to 30.7.

Evidence depth

93 data points

Includes 14 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.

Selection signal

Start with GPT-5.1

The charts below split 24 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.

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Comparison sheet

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-5.1 and O3 Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
GPT-5.1
O3 Mini
Overall leaderLeadingContender
Weighted overall score69.3 pts30.7 pts
Benchmark category leads4 categories2 categories
Operational advantagesAverage speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverageCheapest input price
Context window400K tokens200K tokens
Max output128K tokens100K tokens
Modalities

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Features
Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning
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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-5.1
O3 Mini
DeveloperOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedNov 2025Feb 2025
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerGPTGPT
Knowledge cutoffNo data2023-10-31
OpenRouter IDopenai/gpt-5.1openai/o3-mini
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-5.1 and O3 Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

GPT-5.1

GPT-5.1 is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge) and operational dimensions (Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage).

O3 Mini

O3 Mini is stronger in benchmark categories (Math, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price).

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
6 / 8
Model B coverage
6 / 8
Shared
6 shared categories

Avg. score

GPT-5.1

51.9

Avg. score

O3 Mini

48.6

Agents

GPT-5.1 leads by 8.0

GPT-5.147.7
O3 Mini39.7

Coding

GPT-5.1 leads by 8.6

GPT-5.149.1
O3 Mini40.5

Reasoning

GPT-5.1 leads by 4.6

GPT-5.154
O3 Mini49.4

Knowledge

GPT-5.1 leads by 5.2

GPT-5.153
O3 Mini47.8

Math

O3 Mini leads by 4.5

GPT-5.154
O3 Mini58.5

Multilingual

No data

GPT-5.1-
O3 Mini-

Multimodal

No data

GPT-5.1-
O3 Mini-

Instruction following

O3 Mini leads by 2.1

GPT-5.153.5
O3 Mini55.6

Professional benchmark details

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

Aggregatereported

BenchLM overall score

SourceGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1

winner

56.0

Rank #50/100 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

+5.0

O3 Mini

51.0

Rank #67/100 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31

Pricingverified

Input price

GPT-5.1

$1.25/M

Rank #119/180 · confidence 4

+$0.150/M

O3 Mini

winner

$1.10/M

Rank #114/180 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Blended price

GPT-5.1

$3.44/M

Rank #135/180 · confidence 4

+$1.51/M

O3 Mini

winner

$1.93/M

Rank #115/180 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Output price

GPT-5.1

$10.00/M

Rank #138/180 · confidence 4

+$5.60/M

O3 Mini

winner

$4.40/M

Rank #115/180 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

GPQA

GPT-5.1

winner

87.3%

Rank #48/212 · confidence 4

+12.5%

O3 Mini

74.8%

Rank #117/212 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

HLE

GPT-5.1

winner

28.5%

Rank #56/209 · confidence 4

+20.6%

O3 Mini

7.9%

Rank #128/209 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

MMLU-Pro

GPT-5.1

winner

80.1%

Rank #62/129 · confidence 4

+1.0%

O3 Mini

79.1%

Rank #70/129 · confidence 4

Codingverified

LiveCodeBench

GPT-5.1

winner

86.8%

Rank #4/115 · confidence 4

+15.1%

O3 Mini

71.7%

Rank #27/115 · confidence 4

Codingreported

AA-SciCode

SourceGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1

winner

43.3

Rank #55/108 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

+3.4

O3 Mini

39.9

Rank #70/108 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31

Codingverified

SciCode

GPT-5.1

winner

43.3%

Rank #56/205 · confidence 4

+3.4%

O3 Mini

39.9%

Rank #86/205 · confidence 4

Knowledgereported

AA-GPQA Diamond

SourceGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1

winner

87.3

Rank #44/108 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

+12.5

O3 Mini

74.8

Rank #82/108 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31

Knowledgereported

AA-HLE

SourceGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1

winner

28.5

Rank #47/108 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

+20.6

O3 Mini

7.9

Rank #83/108 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31

Knowledgereported

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

SourceGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1

winner

37.5

Rank #52/111 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

+18.3

O3 Mini

19.2

Rank #87/111 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31

Agentsreported

τ²-bench results

SourceGPT-5.1

GPT-5.1

winner

81.9

Rank #53/82 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-11-13

+53.2

O3 Mini

28.7

Rank #72/82 · confidence 1 · eval date 2025-01-31

API audit comparison

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

Provider
GPT-5.1
O3 Mini
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-5.1
O3 Mini
BUZZ10 tests

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

137 tok/s / 3299ms

input / output

No data

O3 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

N1N10 tests

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

96 tok/s / 1862ms

input / output

No data

O3 Mini

speed / latency

117 tok/s / 4809ms

input / output

No data

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O3 Mini

speed / latency

44 tok/s / 17418ms

input / output

No data

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O3 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

AAAI0 tests

GPT-5.1

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O3 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1-chat-latest

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

O3 Mini

o3-mini

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0027/request

O3 Mini

o3-mini

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.151/M/$0.603/M

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1-2025-11-13

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.154/M/$1.23/M

O3 Mini

o3-mini-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0062/request

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0068/request

O3 Mini

o3-mini-2025-01-31

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.075/M/$0.301/M

GPT-5.1

gpt-5.1-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.137/M/$1.10/M

O3 Mini

o3-mini-high-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.011/request

FAQ

Weighted outcome: GPT-5.1. 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.