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GPT-4o mini vs o1

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 6 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

37.87/100
Margin
10.2pts
winning →
OpenAI
48.1/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GPT-4o mini #183 (Supported); o1 #129 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GPT-4o mini and o1 share 6 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 4 results are unique to GPT-4o mini; 10 to o1.

Updated July 24, 2026
Shared results
6
GPT-4o mini only
4
o1 only
10
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-4o mini and o1 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 6 shared benchmark results across 3 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

o1 is priced at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens for GPT-4o mini. o1 has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for GPT-4o mini.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GPT-4o mini and o1
CategoryGPT-4o miniΔo1
KnowledgeGPT-4o miniNot measuredMarginNo overlapo175.7
MathGPT-4o miniNot measuredMarginNo overlapo19.3
Inst. FollowingGPT-4o miniNot measuredMarginNo overlapo192.2

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-4o minio1Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-4o mini$0.15 input / $0.6 outputo1$15 input / $60 outputGPT-4o mini has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-4o mini33 tok/so198 tok/so1 has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-4o mini3.16 so132.29 sGPT-4o mini reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-4o mini128Ko1200Ko1 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
AA Agentic IndexSource 1.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 0.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 226Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 62.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
AA-SciCodeSource 22.9%35.8%o1 leads
AA Coding IndexSource 11.4%39.7%o1 leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
AA-LCRSource 59.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.3%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 6.9%23.4%o1 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 42.6%74.7%o1 leads
AA-HLESource 4.0%7.7%o1 leads
MMLUSource 91.8%Not comparable
GPQASource 75.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 34.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 69.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 9.310%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 41.5%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-4o minio1Result
AA-IFBenchSource 31.0%70.3%o1 leads
IFEvalSource 92.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-4o mini and o1 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-4o mini and o1 today?

GPT-4o mini: $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens o1: $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 24, 2026

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