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GPT-5 Mini vs GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
GPT-5 Mini wins on 3/3 benchmarks
GPT-5 Mini wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·GPT-5 Minimath·GPT-5 Mini
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5 Mini
#65 by perf·no signal
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
#89 by perf·no signal
Best value
GPT-5 Mini
9.7x better value than GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
GPT-5 Mini
49.8 pts/$
$1.13/M
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
5.1 pts/$
$10.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
GPT-5 MiniGPT-4o (2024-05-13)
GPQA diamond
GPT-5 Mini leads by +34.8
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GPT-5 Mini
66.7
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
31.9
MATH level 5
GPT-5 Mini leads by +46.8
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
GPT-5 Mini
97.8
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
51.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
GPT-5 Mini leads by +80.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
GPT-5 Mini
86.7
GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
6.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Mini | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 66.7 | 31.9 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 97.8 | 51.0 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 86.7 | 6.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K tokens (~200 books) | $6.88 | |
| $5.00 | $15.00 | 128K tokens (~64 books) | $75.00 |