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GPT-4.1 vs gpt-oss-120b (free)
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
GPT-4.1 wins on 1/1 benchmarks
GPT-4.1 wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding.
Category leads
coding·GPT-4.1
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-4.1
#121 by perf·no signal
gpt-oss-120b (free)
#20 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
GPT-4.1gpt-oss-120b (free)
Aider polyglot
GPT-4.1 leads by +10.6
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
GPT-4.1
52.4
gpt-oss-120b (free)
41.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 | gpt-oss-120b (free) |
|---|---|---|
Aider polyglot Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework. | 52.4 | 41.8 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4.1 | $2.00 | $8.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $35.00 |
| gpt-oss-120b (free) | $0.00 | $0.00 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | — |
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