GPT-5.4 Pro vs GPT-4o mini

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in multilingual, where it averages 97 against 87. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 99 to 82.

GPT-5.4 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $30.00 input / $180.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens for GPT-4o mini. That is roughly 300.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4o 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-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for GPT-4o mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4o mini only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

GPT-4o mini

82

99
MMLU
82
99
GPQA
-
97
SuperGPQA
-
94
OpenBookQA
-
94
MMLU-Pro
-
50
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

GPT-4o mini

87.2

95
HumanEval
87.2
86
SWE-bench Verified
-
86
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro
99
AIME 2023
-
99
AIME 2024
-
99
AIME 2025
-
96
HMMT Feb 2023
-
98
HMMT Feb 2024
-
97
HMMT Feb 2025
-
97
BRUMO 2025
-
99
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro
97
SimpleQA
-
95
MuSR
-
98
BBH
-

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro
97
IFEval
-

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

GPT-4o mini

87

97
MGSM
87

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 99 and 82.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 82. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 87.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-4o mini?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 87. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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