# GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-mini
- Last updated: September 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 mini only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 leads overall 71 to 61.13.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 64.5 for GPT-5.4 and 44.5 for GPT-5.4 mini.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) in Mathematics, with scores of 27.100% and 2.080%.
- GPT-5.4 mini is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 400K |
| Overall Score | 71 | 61.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | $0.75 / $4.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 52 (Supported · #41/153)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #119/153)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | 60% | GPT-5.4 |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | 72.1% | GPT-5.4 |
| MCP Atlas | 70.6% | 57.7% | GPT-5.4 |
| Toolathlon | 54.6% | 42.9% | GPT-5.4 |
| τ²-bench results | 98.9% | 93.4% | GPT-5.4 |
| Claw-Eval | 60.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 64.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 15.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 38.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 6.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.4
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #42/152)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (Supported · #104/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 67.42% | 47.97% | GPT-5.4 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 27.0% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#20/48)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 57.2 (#31/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | 76.6% | GPT-5.4 |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | 78% | GPT-5.4 |
| CharXiv | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 61.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 57.2 (#17/20)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.4
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.2 (Supported · #15/183)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 55.6 (Supported · #52/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | 88% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE | 52.1% | 41.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | 28.2% | GPT-5.4 |
| GPQA-D | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 90.6 (#19/123)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 89.8 (#23/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 44.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.600% | 28.280% | GPT-5.4 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 27.100% | 2.080% | GPT-5.4 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.4 mini?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 mini?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 64.5 for GPT-5.4 and 44.5 for GPT-5.4 mini.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 mini currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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