GPT-4.1 vs O3 Mini
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads O3 Mini in 2 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
| Category | GPT-4.1 | O3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #101 · #101 in General LLM Margin 68.70748299319727 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #7 · #7 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Apr 16, 2025 |
| Reasoning | #102 · #102 in Reasoning Margin 70.54794520547945 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #133 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 91.78082191780823 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #39 · #39 in Math Margin 86.66666666666667 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #96 · #96 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 — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Apr 14, 2025 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | #95 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 64.62585034013605 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 | #103 · #103 in Factuality Margin 77.61194029850746 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jan 31, 2025 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #85 · #85 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: $3.5 per 1M blended tokens.
O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-4.1: closed weights.
O3 Mini: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #7 against #101.
Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #102 against #133.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 in Science at #76 against #96.
Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads O3 Mini in Long context at #95 against #145.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 in Abstraction (ARC) at #51 against #85.
GPT-4.1 or O3 Mini?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads O3 Mini in 2 of 5 shared categories: Reasoning and Long context.
GPT-4.1 or O3 Mini for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 in General LLM at #7 against #101.
GPT-4.1 or O3 Mini for Reasoning?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4.1 leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #102 against #133.
GPT-4.1 or O3 Mini for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads GPT-4.1 in Science at #76 against #96.