ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) vs GPT-5 Mini
Compare ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) and GPT-5 Mini, both from OpenAI, in 7 community votes, gpt-5 mini wins 80% of head-to-head duels, tested across 32 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) or GPT-5 Mini?
GPT-5 Mini is the better choice overall, winning 80% of 7 blind community votes on Rival. ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) costs $5/M input tokens vs $0.25/M for GPT-5 Mini. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) and GPT-5 Mini
ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) is made by openai while GPT-5 Mini is from openai. On pricing, ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) costs $5/M input tokens vs $0.25/M for GPT-5 Mini. In community voting, In 7 community votes, GPT-5 Mini wins 80% of head-to-head duels.
In 7 community votes, GPT-5 Mini wins 80% of head-to-head duels. GPT-5 Mini leads in Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 7+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Per 1M tokens
GPT-5 Mini is cheaper on both — 20× input, 7.5× output
Pick GPT-5 Mini. In 7 blind votes, GPT-5 Mini wins 80% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-5 Mini particularly excels in Image Generation. GPT-5 Mini is 7.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) uses 329.7x more bold
