# GPT-5.4 vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

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

## Quick Verdict

GPT-5.4 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 has the higher overall point estimate 68.91 to 28.63. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 66.1 for GPT-5.4 and 30.6 for Ornith-1.5-9B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 52.1% and 20.2%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B 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 | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Ornith AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 68.91 | 28.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 39 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.50 / $15.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #43/119)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #101/119)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 82.7% | 56.4% | GPT-5.4 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 75% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 70.6% | 54.2% | GPT-5.4 |
| Toolathlon | 54.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 98.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 60.3% | 66.5% | Ornith-1.5-9B |
| 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 | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 30.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #44/144)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 57.7% | 47.5% | GPT-5.4 |
| React Native Evals | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 67.42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 46.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 32.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 60.6 (#21/27)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#20/49)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | 53.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 66.1 (Supported · #24/171)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #134/171)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.8% | 86.4% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE | 52.1% | 20.2% | GPT-5.4 |
| HLE w/o tools | 39.8% | 20.2% | GPT-5.4 |
| GPQA-D | 92.8% | 86.4% | GPT-5.4 |
| HealthBench Hard | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 48.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 89.2 (#19/125)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 47.600% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 27.100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 or Ornith-1.5-9B?

GPT-5.4 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 and Ornith-1.5-9B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 66.1 for GPT-5.4 and 30.6 for Ornith-1.5-9B.

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

GPT-5.4 currently has 39 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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