GPT-4 vs o1-mini Comparison

Comparing GPT-4 and o1-mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

GPT-4 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU), while o1-mini is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval).

o1-mini shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

o1-mini costs less

For input processing, GPT-4 ($30.00/1M tokens) is 10.0x more expensive than o1-mini ($3.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, GPT-4 ($60.00/1M tokens) is 5.0x more expensive than o1-mini ($12.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, GPT-4 is more expensive than o1-mini.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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GPT-4

Input tokens$30.00

Output tokens$60.00

Best providerAzure

o1-mini

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$12.00

Best providerOpenAI

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

o1-mini accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to GPT-4's 32,768 tokens. o1-mini can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while GPT-4 is limited to 32,768 tokens.

GPT-4

Input32,768 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

o1-mini

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

GPT-4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas o1-mini does not.

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

GPT-4

Text

Images

Audio

Video

o1-mini

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

GPT-4

Proprietary

Closed source

o1-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-4 was released on 2023-06-13, while o1-mini was released on 2024-09-12.

o1-mini is 15 months newer than GPT-4.

GPT-4

Jun 13, 2023

2.8 years ago

o1-mini

Sep 12, 2024

1.5 years ago

1.3yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2022-12-31, while o1-mini's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4's training data extends to 2022-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without o1-mini's cutoff date.

GPT-4

Dec 2022

o1-mini

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Provider Availability

GPT-4 is available from Azure, OpenAI. o1-mini is available from OpenAI, Azure. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.