GPT-4O Mini vs GPT-5
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4O Mini leads GPT-5 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.
GPT-4O Mini
#9 Best recorded rank: #9 in General LLM, as of Oct 14, 2026.
GPT-5
It used to be. Was SOTA in General LLM.
| Category | GPT-4O Mini | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #9 · #9 in General LLM Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Sep 15, 2024 | #76 · Was SOTA · General LLM Margin 51.70068027210884 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 18, 2024 | #78 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 54.10958904109589 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | — | #15 · Was SOTA · Math Margin 31.111111111111114 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025 |
| Science | #161 · #161 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 18, 2024 | #54 · #54 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025 |
| Coding | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Sep 27, 2024 | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025 |
| Coding › Web dev | — | #66 · #66 in Coding › Web dev Margin 60.74766355140187 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Long context | — | #107 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 72.78911564625851 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 9, 2026 |
| Factuality | #— · Not enough data Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Jul 18, 2024 | #93 · #93 in Factuality Margin 70.14925373134328 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Abstraction (ARC) | — | #34 · #34 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 7, 2025 |
GPT-4O Mini: $0.26249999999999996 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-5: $3.4375000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.
GPT-4O Mini: closed weights.
GPT-5: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4O Mini leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #9 against #76.
Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-4O Mini in Science at #54 against #161.
GPT-4O Mini or GPT-5?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4O Mini leads GPT-5 in 1 of 2 shared categories: General LLM.
GPT-4O Mini or GPT-5 for General LLM?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-4O Mini leads GPT-5 in General LLM at #9 against #76.
GPT-4O Mini or GPT-5 for Science?
As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 leads GPT-4O Mini in Science at #54 against #161.