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GPT-5 vs O4 Mini

The readout for GPT-5 and O4 Mini, before the detailed comparison sheet.

Model A

GPT-5

OpenAI

Contender
vs

Model B

O4 Mini

OpenAI

Leading

Key Takeaways

Weighted outcome: O4 Mini. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.

Decision read

O4 Mini

O4 Mini has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 16 to 84.

Evidence depth

86 data points

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

Selection signal

Start with O4 Mini

The charts below split 20 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.

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Comparison sheet

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-5 and O4 Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

Model compare
GPT-5
O4 Mini
Overall leaderContenderLeading
Weighted overall score16.0 pts84.0 pts
Benchmark category leads0 categories3 categories
Operational advantagesCheapest input price, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverageAverage speed
Context window400K tokens200K tokens
Max output128K tokens100K tokens
Modalities

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Output

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Output

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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
O4 Mini
DeveloperOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Apr 2025
ParametersNo dataNo data
TokenizerGPTGPT
Knowledge cutoff2024-09-302024-06-30
OpenRouter IDopenai/gpt-5openai/o4-mini
ReferencesNo dataNo data

When to choose each model

This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-5 and O4 Mini: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.

GPT-5

GPT-5 has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage.

O4 Mini

O4 Mini is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Average speed).

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
3 / 8
Shared
3 shared categories

Avg. score

GPT-5

51.8

Avg. score

O4 Mini

58.5

Agents

GPT-5

GPT-545
O4 Mini-

Coding

O4 Mini leads by 9.7

GPT-548.9
O4 Mini58.6

Reasoning

O4 Mini leads by 0.4

GPT-552.6
O4 Mini53

Knowledge

GPT-5

GPT-549.3
O4 Mini-

Math

O4 Mini leads by 2.5

GPT-561.4
O4 Mini63.9

Multilingual

No data

GPT-5-
O4 Mini-

Multimodal

No data

GPT-5-
O4 Mini-

Instruction following

GPT-5

GPT-553.6
O4 Mini-

Professional benchmark details

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

Pricingverified

Input price

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

$1.25/M

Rank #121/184 · confidence 4

+$0.150/M

O4 Mini

winner

$1.10/M

Rank #116/184 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Blended price

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

$3.44/M

Rank #138/184 · confidence 4

+$1.51/M

O4 Mini

winner

$1.93/M

Rank #117/184 · confidence 4

Pricingverified

Output price

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

$10.00/M

Rank #141/184 · confidence 4

+$5.60/M

O4 Mini

winner

$4.40/M

Rank #119/184 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

MMLU-Pro

SourceGPT-5 (high)

GPT-5

winner

87.1%

Rank #12/129 · confidence 4

+3.9%

O4 Mini

83.2%

Rank #42/129 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

HLE

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

6.0%

Rank #155/213 · confidence 4

+10.5%

O4 Mini

winner

16.5%

Rank #93/213 · confidence 4

Reasoningverified

GPQA

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

67.3%

Rank #146/216 · confidence 4

+11.1%

O4 Mini

winner

78.4%

Rank #103/216 · confidence 4

Codingverified

LiveCodeBench

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

55.8%

Rank #49/115 · confidence 4

+30.1%

O4 Mini

winner

85.9%

Rank #6/115 · confidence 4

Codingverified

SciCode

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

38.8%

Rank #102/209 · confidence 4

+7.7%

O4 Mini

winner

46.5%

Rank #43/209 · confidence 4

Mathverified

AIME

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

36.7%

Rank #35/68 · confidence 4

+57.3%

O4 Mini

winner

94.0%

Rank #1/68 · confidence 4

Mathverified

MATH-500

SourceGPT-5 (minimal)

GPT-5

86.1%

Rank #42/73 · confidence 4

+12.7%

O4 Mini

winner

98.9%

Rank #2/73 · confidence 4

API audit comparison

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

Provider
GPT-5
O4 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
O4 Mini
智增增API30 tests

GPT-5

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

O4 Mini

speed / latency

93 tok/s / 7030ms

input / output

No data

V-API20 tests

GPT-5

speed / latency

95 tok/s / 1234ms

input / output

No data

O4 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

EasyMore5 tests

GPT-5

speed / latency

46 tok/s / 6577ms

input / output

No data

O4 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

N1N5 tests

GPT-5

speed / latency

102 tok/s / 948ms

input / output

No data

O4 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

Undy API5 tests

GPT-5

speed / latency

131 tok/s / 743ms

input / output

No data

O4 Mini

speed / latency

N/A / N/A

input / output

No data

兔子API

GPT-5

gpt-5-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

O4 Mini

o4-mini

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0/request

Yun API

GPT-5

gpt-5

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0027/request

O4 Mini

o4-mini

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.151/M/$0.603/M

KKSJ-AI

GPT-5

gpt-5-all-c

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0074/request

O4 Mini

o4-mini-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0062/request

KFCV50

GPT-5

gpt-5

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0068/request

O4 Mini

o4-mini-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.021/request

Newagiai

GPT-5

gpt-5-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.0068/request

O4 Mini

o4-mini-all

speed / latency

No data

input / output

$0.014/request

FAQ

Weighted outcome: O4 Mini. 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.