GPT-4.1 Mini vs GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI vs OpenAI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •GPT-5 Codex has the higher intelligence index (87.1 vs 58.2)
- •GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.25 per 1M input)
- •GPT-5 Codex is faster
- •GPT-4.1 Mini has a larger context window (1M)
| GPT-4.1 Mini | GPT-5 Codex | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 58.2 | 87.1 |
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 1,047,576 tokens | 400,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.40 / 1M | $1.25 / 1M |
| Output price | $1.60 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Speed | 150 tok/s | 180 tok/s |
| Released | April 14, 2025 | September 23, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Image, Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-5 Codex
AIME 2025
40.2
98.7
GPQA Diamond
65
83.7
Humanity’s Last Exam
3.7
25.6
LiveCodeBench
48.3
84
MMLU-Pro
78.1
86.5
SWE-bench Verified
23.6
74.5