Moonshot v1 vs GPT-4.1 nano

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

Moonshot v1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 51 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Moonshot v1's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 54.5 against 9.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2024, 55 to 9.8. GPT-4.1 nano does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 nano gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Moonshot v1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Moonshot v1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Knowledge

GPT-4.1 nano

Moonshot v1

45.3

GPT-4.1 nano

65.2

53
MMLU
80.1
52
GPQA
50.3
50
SuperGPQA
-
48
OpenBookQA
-
64
MMLU-Pro
-
5
HLE
-

Coding

Moonshot v1
45
HumanEval
-
34
SWE-bench Verified
-
21
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Moonshot v1

Moonshot v1

54.5

GPT-4.1 nano

9.8

53
AIME 2023
-
55
AIME 2024
9.8
54
AIME 2025
-
49
HMMT Feb 2023
-
51
HMMT Feb 2024
-
50
HMMT Feb 2025
-
52
BRUMO 2025
-
72
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Moonshot v1
51
SimpleQA
-
49
MuSR
-
73
BBH
-

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1 nano

Moonshot v1

77

GPT-4.1 nano

83.2

77
IFEval
83.2

Multilingual

Moonshot v1
73
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Moonshot v1 or GPT-4.1 nano?

Moonshot v1 is ahead overall, 51 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 55 and 9.8.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Moonshot v1 or GPT-4.1 nano?

GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.2 versus 45.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Moonshot v1 or GPT-4.1 nano?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 54.5 versus 9.8. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Moonshot v1 or GPT-4.1 nano?

GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83.2 versus 77. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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