GPT-4o mini 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-4o mini· Sarvam 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4o mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Sarvam 30B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

GPT-4o mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 54 to 48. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4o mini's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 65 against 34. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 49% to 35.5%.

GPT-4o mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.15 input / $0.60 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-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-4o mini gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 64K for Sarvam 30B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$0.15 / $0.60Free*
Speed33 t/sN/A
TTFT3.16sN/A
Context128K64K

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-4o miniSarvam 30B
AgenticGPT-4o mini wins
Terminal-Bench 2.058%
BrowseComp49%35.5%
OSWorld-Verified44%
CodingGPT-4o mini wins
HumanEval87.2%92.1%
SWE-bench Pro65%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
SWE-bench Verified34%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro66%
OfficeQA Pro53%
Reasoning
LongBench v249%
MRCRv250%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
Knowledge
MMLU82%85.1%
MMLU-Pro80%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
MGSM87%
MMLU-ProX68%
Mathematics
MATH-50097%
AIME 202580%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, GPT-4o mini or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-4o mini is ahead overall, 54 to 48. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 49% and 35.5%.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4o mini or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 65 versus 34. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4o mini or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.9 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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