GPT-4o mini vs o1-mini Comparison

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

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

GPT-4o mini outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while o1-mini is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU).

o1-mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GPT-4o mini costs less

For input processing, GPT-4o mini ($0.15/1M tokens) is 20.0x cheaper than o1-mini ($3.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, GPT-4o mini ($0.60/1M tokens) is 20.0x cheaper than o1-mini ($12.00/1M tokens).

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

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

Lowest available price from all providers

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GPT-4o mini

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$0.60

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

Both models have the same input context window of 128,000 tokens. o1-mini can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while GPT-4o mini is limited to 16,384 tokens.

GPT-4o mini

Input128,000 tokens

Output16,384 tokens

o1-mini

Input128,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

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

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

GPT-4o mini

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-4o mini

Proprietary

Closed source

o1-mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-4o mini was released on 2024-07-18, while o1-mini was released on 2024-09-12.

o1-mini is 2 months newer than GPT-4o mini.

GPT-4o mini

Jul 18, 2024

1.7 years ago

o1-mini

Sep 12, 2024

1.5 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4o mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while o1-mini'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 o1-mini's cutoff date.

GPT-4o mini

Oct 2023

o1-mini

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Provider Availability

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