GPT-4.1 vs Inception: Mercury

Compare GPT-4.1 by OpenAI against Inception: Mercury by Inception, in 3 community votes, gpt-4.1 wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 32K, tested across 25 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.

In 3 community votes, GPT-4.1 wins 100% of head-to-head duels. GPT-4.1 leads in Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the RIVAL open dataset of 3+ human preference judgments for this pair.

Image Generation: GPT-4.1 wins 100% of votes
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