GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-5.4 Nano
Compare GPT-4.1 Mini and GPT-5.4 Nano, both from OpenAI, in 5 community votes, gpt-4.1 mini wins 75% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 400K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Reasoning: GPT-4.1 Mini wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1 MiniWinner
GPT-5.4 NanoRunner-up
Pick GPT-4.1 Mini. In 5 blind votes, GPT-4.1 Mini wins 75% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-4.1 Mini particularly excels in Reasoning.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini
Input
$0.40
Output
$1.60
GPT-5.4 Nano
Input
$0.20
2.0× cheaper
Output
$1.25
1.3× cheaper
GPT-5.4 Nano is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 1.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
68%
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-5.4 Nano
59%Vocabulary51%
19wSentence Length21w
0.46Hedging0.58
4.7Bold7.1
4.9Lists5.5
0.00Emoji0.01
0.76Headings1.39
0.17Transitions0.05
Based on 23 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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