GPT-4.1 mini vs Sarvam 105B

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

GPT-4.1 mini· Sarvam 105B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 105B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 mini only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Sarvam 105B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 60 versus 57. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Sarvam 105B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 81.7 against 64.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 71% to 49.5%. GPT-4.1 mini does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.40 input / $1.60 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Sarvam 105B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Sarvam 105B is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4.1 mini is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-4.1 mini gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Sarvam 105B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$0.40 / $1.60Free*
Speed80 t/sN/A
TTFT0.76sN/A
Context1M128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniSarvam 105B
AgenticGPT-4.1 mini wins
Terminal-Bench 2.054%
BrowseComp71%49.5%
OSWorld-Verified49%
CodingSarvam 105B wins
SWE-bench Verified23.6%45%
SWE-bench Pro30%
LiveCodeBench v671.7%
Multimodal & Grounded
OfficeQA Pro74%
Reasoning
LongBench v280%
MRCRv282%
gpqaDiamond78.7%
hle11.2%
KnowledgeSarvam 105B wins
MMLU87.5%90.6%
GPQA64.2%
MMLU-Pro81.7%
Instruction FollowingGPT-4.1 mini wins
IFEval88.5%84.8%
Multilingual
MMLU-ProX72%
Mathematics
AIME 202423.1%
MATH-50098.6%
AIME 202588.3%
HMMT Feb 202585.8%
HMMT Nov 202585.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, GPT-4.1 mini or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B is ahead overall, 60 to 57. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 71% and 49.5%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 mini or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 versus 64.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 mini or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 45 versus 27.6. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4.1 mini or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 56.5 versus 49.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4.1 mini or Sarvam 105B?

GPT-4.1 mini has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 88.5 versus 84.8. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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