# GPT-4.1 mini vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-ornith-1-5-9b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 mini and Ornith-1.5-9B 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.
- Ornith-1.5-9B has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Ornith AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 31.13 | 28.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #101/119)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 30.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 66.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 19.7 (Estimated · #119/144)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | 70.6% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 47.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 32.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 52.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 47.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.2 (Supported · #130/171)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #134/171)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | 86.4% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (#95/125)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Ornith-1.5-9B | 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 Ornith-1.5-9B?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Ornith-1.5-9B vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-ornith-1-5-9b)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Ornith-1.5-9B vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-ornith-1-5-9b)

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