Data points: 92
Model compare
The readout for GPT-5 and O4 Mini, before the detailed comparison sheet.
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
92 data points
Includes 13 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 6 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with O4 Mini
The charts below split 19 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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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 leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 16.0 pts | 84.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 3 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage | Average speed |
| Context window | 400K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Max output | 128K tokens | 100K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImageFile Output Text |
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-5 | O4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Released | Aug 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | GPT | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-09-30 | 2024-06-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | openai/gpt-5 | openai/o4-mini |
| References | No data | No data |
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).
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-5
52
Avg. score
O4 Mini
59.1
GPT-5
O4 Mini leads by 10.3
O4 Mini leads by 1.8
GPT-5
O4 Mini leads by 2.5
No data
No data
GPT-5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GPT-5
81.2 tok/s
Rank #82/136 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner184.2 tok/s
Rank #27/136 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner0.77 s
Rank #27/136 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
21.45 s
Rank #93/136 · confidence 4
GPT-5
winner0.77 s
Rank #38/136 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
21.45 s
Rank #123/136 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$10.00/M
Rank #121/162 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner$4.40/M
Rank #98/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$3.44/M
Rank #118/162 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner$1.93/M
Rank #99/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
$1.25/M
Rank #108/162 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner$1.10/M
Rank #103/162 · confidence 4
GPT-5
80.6%
Rank #57/125 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner83.2%
Rank #40/125 · confidence 4
GPT-5
5.4%
Rank #131/186 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner17.5%
Rank #63/186 · confidence 4
GPT-5
67.3%
Rank #120/187 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner78.4%
Rank #80/187 · confidence 4
GPT-5
55.8%
Rank #49/115 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner85.9%
Rank #6/115 · confidence 4
GPT-5
38.8%
Rank #82/184 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner46.5%
Rank #29/184 · confidence 4
GPT-5
36.7%
Rank #35/68 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner94.0%
Rank #1/68 · confidence 4
GPT-5
86.1%
Rank #42/72 · confidence 4
O4 Mini
winner98.9%
Rank #2/72 · confidence 4
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. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GPT-5 | O4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
30 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 |
20 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 |
5 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 |
5 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 |
5 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 |
GPT-5 gpt-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | O4 Mini o4-mini speed / latency No data input / output $0/request |
Weighted outcome: O4 Mini. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Input
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputFile inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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