GPT-5.4 Pro vs GPT-5 (high)

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 84. 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 coding, where it averages 89 against 71.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 62.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for GPT-5 (high).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 (high) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

GPT-5 (high)

78.3

99
MMLU
93
99
GPQA
91
97
SuperGPQA
89
94
OpenBookQA
87
94
MMLU-Pro
83
50
HLE
27

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

GPT-5 (high)

71.3

95
HumanEval
85
86
SWE-bench Verified
67
86
LiveCodeBench
62

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

GPT-5 (high)

94

99
AIME 2023
95
99
AIME 2024
97
99
AIME 2025
96
96
HMMT Feb 2023
91
98
HMMT Feb 2024
93
97
HMMT Feb 2025
92
97
BRUMO 2025
94
99
MATH-500
94

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

GPT-5 (high)

90

97
SimpleQA
89
95
MuSR
87
98
BBH
94

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

GPT-5 (high)

91

97
IFEval
91

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

GPT-5 (high)

89

97
MGSM
89

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 84. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 62.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 78.3. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 71.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 94. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 90. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 91. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 (high)?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 89. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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