GPT-5.4 Pro vs GPT-5 nano

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 31. 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 knowledge, where it averages 88.8 against 71.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 99 to 71.2.

GPT-5.4 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $30.00 input / $180.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.05 input / $0.40 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5 nano. That is roughly 450.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 400K for GPT-5 nano.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 nano only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

GPT-5 nano

71.2

99
MMLU
-
99
GPQA
71.2
97
SuperGPQA
-
94
OpenBookQA
-
94
MMLU-Pro
-
50
HLE
-

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro
95
HumanEval
-
86
SWE-bench Verified
-
86
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

GPT-5 nano

85.2

99
AIME 2023
-
99
AIME 2024
-
99
AIME 2025
85.2
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
97
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 99 and 71.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 71.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or GPT-5 nano?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 85.2. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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