GPT-5.4 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-5.4 nano· Sarvam 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 nano 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-5.4 nano is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 58 to 48. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 nano's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 52.4 against 34. Sarvam 30B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-5.4 nano is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.20 input / $1.25 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. GPT-5.4 nano gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 64K for Sarvam 30B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderOpenAISarvam
Price$0.20 / $1.25Free*
Speed191 t/sN/A
TTFT3.64sN/A
Context400K64K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoSarvam 30B
AgenticGPT-5.4 nano wins
Terminal-Bench 2.046.3%
OSWorld-Verified39%
MCP Atlas56.1%
Toolathlon35.5%
Tau2-Telecom92.5%
BrowseComp35.5%
CodingGPT-5.4 nano wins
SWE-bench Pro52.4%
HumanEval92.1%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
SWE-bench Verified34%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro66.1%
MMMU-Pro w/ Python69.5%
Reasoning
MRCRv238.7%
MRCR v2 64K-128K44.2%
MRCR v2 128K-256K33.1%
Graphwalks BFS 128K73.4%
Graphwalks Parents 128K50.8%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
KnowledgeSarvam 30B wins
GPQA82.8%
HLE37.7%
HLE w/o tools24.3%
MMLU85.1%
MMLU-Pro80%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
MATH-50097%
AIME 202580%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, GPT-5.4 nano or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-5.4 nano is ahead overall, 58 to 48.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 nano or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 53.2. GPT-5.4 nano stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 nano or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-5.4 nano has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52.4 versus 34. Sarvam 30B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 nano or Sarvam 30B?

GPT-5.4 nano has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 42.9 versus 35.5. Sarvam 30B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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