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GPT-5 Nano vs o4 Mini (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5 Nano vs. o4 Mini
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Overview

o4 Mini was released 3 months before GPT-5 Nano.
GPT-5 NanoGPT-5 Nano
o4 Minio4 Mini
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
OpenAI logoOpenAI
OpenAI logoOpenAI
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
400K
tokens
200K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
128K
tokens
100K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
August 7th, 2025
April 16th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

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GPT-5 Nano
o4 Mini
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text🖼️Image📁File
🖼️Image📝Text
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
GPTOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

GPT-5 Nano is roughly 0.05x less expensive compared to o4 Mini for input tokens and roughly 0.09x less expensive for output tokens.
GPT-5 NanoGPT-5 Nano
o4 Minio4 Mini
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$0.05
per million tokens
$1.10
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$0.40
per million tokens
$4.40
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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GPT-5 NanoGPT-5 Nano
o4 Minio4 Mini
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
Benchmark not available.
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
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HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes GPT-5 Nano and o4 Mini unique.
OpenAI logoGPT-5 Nano by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 400K token context window. Very affordable at $0.05/M input and $0.40/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released August 7th, 2025.
OpenAI logoo4 Mini by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.10/M input and $4.40/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released April 16th, 2025.

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