# GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 nano

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-nano
- Last updated: September 10, 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 nano 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 70.85 to 59.57.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 69.3 for GPT-5.4 and 23.8 for GPT-5.4 nano.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 67.42% and 26.10%.
- GPT-5.4 nano 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 nano |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 400K |
| Overall Score | 70.85 | 59.57 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | $0.20 / $1.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.4
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 52.5 (Supported · #40/152)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 34.6 (Supported · #133/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | 46.3% | GPT-5.4 |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | 39% | GPT-5.4 |
| MCP Atlas | 70.6% | 56.1% | GPT-5.4 |
| Toolathlon | 54.6% | 35.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| τ²-bench results | 98.9% | 92.5% | 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 | 41.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.4
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #42/151)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 37.1 (Supported · #126/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 nano | 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% | 26.10% | GPT-5.4 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#20/48)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 23.8 (#45/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | 66.1% | GPT-5.4 |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | 69.5% | 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 nano public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 nano | 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 nano public-lane score: 47.4 (Supported · #97/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | 82.8% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE | 52.1% | 37.7% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | 24.3% | 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 | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 90.6 (#19/123)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 93.2 (#9/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 43.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | GPT-5.4 nano | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.600% | 25.860% | GPT-5.4 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 27.100% | 6.250% | GPT-5.4 |

## FAQ

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

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 69.3 for GPT-5.4 and 23.8 for GPT-5.4 nano.

### 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 nano cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 nano currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-mini)
- [GPT-5.4 nano vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-gpt-5-4-nano)
- [GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)
- [GPT-5.4 nano vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-nano-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)

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