GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-5.2 Chat
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-5.2 Chat, both from OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 128K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.2 Chat
GPT-4.1 MiniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-5.2 Chat has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
GPT-4.1 Mini is 8.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini
Input
$0.40
4.4× cheaper
Output
$1.60
8.8× cheaper
GPT-5.2 Chat
Input
$1.75
Output
$14.00
GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper on both — 4.4× input, 8.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
74%
GPT-5.2 Chat uses 30.6x more emoji
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-5.2 Chat
59%Vocabulary66%
19wSentence Length16w
0.46Hedging0.41
4.7Bold9.6
4.9Lists4.4
0.00Emoji0.31
0.76Headings1.20
0.17Transitions0.27
Based on 23 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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