# GPT-4o mini vs o4-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4o mini and o4-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4o-mini-vs-o4-mini
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4o mini and o4-mini 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-4o mini has the lower published output-token price.
- o4-mini has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4o mini | o4-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 26.73 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $1.10 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 7.6 (Estimated · #151/152)
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4o mini | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 87.2% | 97.3% | o4-mini |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: 66.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4o mini | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | Coming soon | 77.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 29.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- o4-mini public-lane score: 66.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 21.6 (Estimated · #181/187)
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4o mini | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 82% | 90% | o4-mini |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4o mini | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: 34.7 (#130/149)
- o4-mini public-lane score: 83.9 (#53/149)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4o mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- o4-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4o mini | o4-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4o mini and o4-mini?

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-4o mini vs GPT-4o](/compare/gpt-4o-vs-gpt-4o-mini)
- [o4-mini vs GPT-4o](/compare/gpt-4o-vs-o4-mini)
- [GPT-4o mini vs o4-mini (high)](/compare/gpt-4o-mini-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [o4-mini vs o4-mini (high)](/compare/o4-mini-vs-o4-mini-high)

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- [GPT-4o mini profile](/models/gpt-4o-mini)
- [o4-mini profile](/models/o4-mini)
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