# GPT-4.1 mini vs Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-mellum2-12b-a2-5b-thinking
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 mini and Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | JetBrains |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 34.46 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 35.2 (Estimated · #131/151)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: 48.3 (Estimated · #76/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 45.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 37.1 (Estimated · #153/183)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 69.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 46.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 53.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 35.8 (Supported · #159/181)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #96/181)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | 57.6% | GPT-4.1 mini |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 57.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 44.2 (#93/120)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | 76.5% | GPT-4.1 mini |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 4.483% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.1 mini and Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-mellum2-12b-a2-5b-thinking)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-mellum2-12b-a2-5b-thinking)

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- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
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