OpenAI o3 vs OpenAI o4 Mini High
Compare OpenAI o3 and OpenAI o4 Mini High, both from OpenAI, in 29 community votes, openai o4 mini high wins 71% of head-to-head duels, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, OpenAI o3 or OpenAI o4 Mini High?
OpenAI o4 Mini High is the better choice overall, winning 71% of 29 blind community votes on Rival. OpenAI o3 costs $10/M input tokens vs $1.1/M for OpenAI o4 Mini High. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between OpenAI o3 and OpenAI o4 Mini High
OpenAI o3 is made by openai while OpenAI o4 Mini High is from openai. On pricing, OpenAI o3 costs $10/M input tokens vs $1.1/M for OpenAI o4 Mini High. In community voting, In 29 community votes, OpenAI o4 Mini High wins 71% of head-to-head duels.
In 29 community votes, OpenAI o4 Mini High wins 71% of head-to-head duels. OpenAI o3 leads in Reasoning, while OpenAI o4 Mini High leads in Web Design, Image Generation, Conversation. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 29+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Per 1M tokens
OpenAI o4 Mini High is cheaper on both — 9.1× input, 9.1× output
Pick OpenAI o4 Mini High. In 29 blind votes, OpenAI o4 Mini High wins 71% of the time. That's not luck.
Pick OpenAI o3 for Reasoning. Pick OpenAI o4 Mini High for Conversation, Web Design, Image Generation. OpenAI o4 Mini High is 9.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
OpenAI o3 uses 69.5x more bold
