GPT-4.1 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· Sarvam 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Sarvam 30B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

GPT-4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 48. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4.1's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 64.7 against 35.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 73% to 35.5%. Sarvam 30B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 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 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 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 64K for Sarvam 30B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$2.00 / $8.00Free*
Speed108 t/sN/A
TTFT1.02sN/A
Context1M64K

Decision framing

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Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Sarvam 30B
AgenticGPT-4.1 wins
Terminal-Bench 2.061%
BrowseComp73%35.5%
OSWorld-Verified63%
CodingGPT-4.1 wins
SWE-bench Verified54.6%34%
SWE-bench Pro51%
HumanEval92.1%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro70%
OfficeQA Pro78%
Reasoning
LongBench v280%
MRCRv282%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
KnowledgeSarvam 30B wins
MMLU90.2%85.1%
GPQA66.3%
FrontierScience61%
MMLU-Pro80%
Instruction Following
IFEval87.4%
Multilingual
MMLU-ProX69%
Mathematics
AIME 202426.4%
MATH-50097%
AIME 202580%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

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

GPT-4.1 is ahead overall, 64 to 48. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 73% and 35.5%.

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

Sarvam 30B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 63.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GPT-4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52.4 versus 34. 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 or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.7 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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