GPT-4.1 nano vs Sarvam 30B

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 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 30B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4.1 nano only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Sarvam 30B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 48 to 44. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Sarvam 30B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 80 against 50.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 62% to 35.5%. GPT-4.1 nano does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

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 30B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Sarvam 30B 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 64K for Sarvam 30B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$0.10 / $0.40Free*
Speed181 t/sN/A
TTFT0.63sN/A
Context1M64K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGPT-4.1 nanoSarvam 30B
AgenticGPT-4.1 nano wins
Terminal-Bench 2.043%
BrowseComp62%35.5%
OSWorld-Verified42%
CodingSarvam 30B wins
SWE-bench Pro18%
HumanEval92.1%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
SWE-bench Verified34%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro53%
OfficeQA Pro67%
Reasoning
LongBench v275%
MRCRv273%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
KnowledgeSarvam 30B wins
MMLU80.1%85.1%
GPQA50.3%
FrontierScience51%
MMLU-Pro80%
Instruction Following
IFEval83.2%
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
AIME 20249.8%
MATH-50097%
AIME 202580%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, GPT-4.1 nano or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B is ahead overall, 48 to 44. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 62% and 35.5%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 nano or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80 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 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 34 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 30B?

GPT-4.1 nano has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 47.4 versus 35.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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