GPT-4.1 Mini vs O3 Mini
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini leads O3 Mini in 2 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
GPT-4.1 Mini
#89 Best recorded rank: #89 in Abstraction (ARC), as of Oct 14, 2026.
O3 Mini
It used to be. Was SOTA in Reasoning.
| Category | GPT-4.1 Mini | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #134 · #134 in General LLM Margin 91.156462585034 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #7 · #7 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Apr 16, 2025 |
| Reasoning | #132 · #132 in Reasoning Margin 91.0958904109589 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #133 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 91.78082191780823 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | — | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #99 · #99 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 | #76 · #76 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #131 · #131 in Long context Margin 89.1156462585034 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #145 · #145 in Long context Margin 98.63945578231292 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #89 · #89 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 | #51 · #51 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
GPT-4.1 Mini: $0.7 per 1M blended tokens.
O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-4.1 Mini: closed weights.
O3 Mini: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 Mini in General LLM at #7 against #134.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #132 against #133.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Science at #76 against #99.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini leads O3 Mini in Long context at #131 against #145.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #51 against #89.
GPT-4.1 Mini or O3 Mini?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini leads O3 Mini in 2 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
GPT-4.1 Mini or O3 Mini for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 Mini in General LLM at #7 against #134.
GPT-4.1 Mini or O3 Mini for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 Mini leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #132 against #133.
GPT-4.1 Mini or O3 Mini for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 Mini in Science at #76 against #99.