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Atria Dawn Preview vs GPT-4o mini

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 3.6.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · OpenAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 3.6, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose GPT-4o mini

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
GPT-4o mini
OpenAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
3.6
#307
Reasoning
50.5
#12
4.1
#297
Coding
36.2
#22
-0.6
#244
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.60 / M
Context window
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128,000

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 9 for GPT-4o mini

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and GPT-4o minidon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GPT-4o mini specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only GPT-4o mini specifies output context (16,384 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
OpenAI
GPT-4o mini
Input128,000 tokens
Output16,384 tokens
Wed Sep 16 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

GPT-4o mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

GPT-4o mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

GPT-4o mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while GPT-4o mini uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

GPT-4o mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while GPT-4o mini was released on 2024-07-18.

Atria Dawn Preview is 26 months newer than GPT-4o mini.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

4 days ago

2.2yr newer
GPT-4o mini

Jul 18, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4o mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4o mini's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

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GPT-4o mini

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and GPT-4o mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
✓ Preferred
GPT-4o mini
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs GPT-4o mini.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or GPT-4o mini?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 3.6. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and GPT-4o mini is made by OpenAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to GPT-4o mini in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. GPT-4o mini scores HumanEval: 87.2%, MGSM: 87.0%, MMLU: 82.0%, DROP: 79.7%, MATH: 70.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and GPT-4o mini?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and GPT-4o mini supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and GPT-4o mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 3.6), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and GPT-4o mini?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and GPT-4o mini is developed by OpenAI.

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