Nemotron-4 15B vs GPT-4.1 mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Nemotron-4 15B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 52 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Nemotron-4 15B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 55.3 against 23.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 54 to 87.5. GPT-4.1 mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 mini gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for Nemotron-4 15B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron-4 15B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Knowledge

GPT-4.1 mini

Nemotron-4 15B

45.8

GPT-4.1 mini

75.9

54
MMLU
87.5
53
GPQA
64.2
51
SuperGPQA
-
49
OpenBookQA
-
63
MMLU-Pro
-
5
HLE
-

Coding

Nemotron-4 15B

Nemotron-4 15B

33

GPT-4.1 mini

23.6

46
HumanEval
-
31
SWE-bench Verified
23.6
22
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Nemotron-4 15B

Nemotron-4 15B

55.3

GPT-4.1 mini

23.1

54
AIME 2023
-
56
AIME 2024
23.1
55
AIME 2025
-
50
HMMT Feb 2023
-
52
HMMT Feb 2024
-
51
HMMT Feb 2025
-
53
BRUMO 2025
-
71
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Nemotron-4 15B
52
SimpleQA
-
50
MuSR
-
73
BBH
-

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1 mini

Nemotron-4 15B

79

GPT-4.1 mini

88.5

79
IFEval
88.5

Multilingual

Nemotron-4 15B
75
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron-4 15B or GPT-4.1 mini?

Nemotron-4 15B is ahead overall, 52 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 54 and 87.5.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron-4 15B or GPT-4.1 mini?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 45.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron-4 15B or GPT-4.1 mini?

Nemotron-4 15B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33 versus 23.6. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Nemotron-4 15B or GPT-4.1 mini?

Nemotron-4 15B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 55.3 versus 23.1. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Nemotron-4 15B or GPT-4.1 mini?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 88.5 versus 79. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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