GPT-4.1 nano 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 nano· Sarvam 105B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 105B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Sarvam 105B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 60 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Sarvam 105B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 81.7 against 50.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 62% to 49.5%.

GPT-4.1 nano is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.10 input / $0.40 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 nano 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 nano gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Sarvam 105B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$0.10 / $0.40Free*
Speed181 t/sN/A
TTFT0.63sN/A
Context1M128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoSarvam 105B
AgenticSarvam 105B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.043%
BrowseComp62%49.5%
OSWorld-Verified42%
CodingSarvam 105B wins
SWE-bench Pro18%
LiveCodeBench v671.7%
SWE-bench Verified45%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro53%
OfficeQA Pro67%
Reasoning
LongBench v275%
MRCRv273%
gpqaDiamond78.7%
hle11.2%
KnowledgeSarvam 105B wins
MMLU80.1%90.6%
GPQA50.3%
FrontierScience51%
MMLU-Pro81.7%
Instruction FollowingSarvam 105B wins
IFEval83.2%84.8%
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
AIME 20249.8%
MATH-50098.6%
AIME 202588.3%
HMMT Feb 202585.8%
HMMT Nov 202585.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

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

Sarvam 105B is ahead overall, 60 to 44. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 62% and 49.5%.

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

Sarvam 105B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 versus 50.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Sarvam 105B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 45 versus 18. GPT-4.1 nano stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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

Sarvam 105B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 49.5 versus 47.4. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Sarvam 105B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 83.2. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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