Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 leads with 35.4% higher average benchmark score. GPT-5 offers 462.5K more tokens in context window than GPT-4. GPT-5 is $78.75 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, GPT-5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-4 is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.7% across 12 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AI2 Reasoning Challenge (ARC) (96.3%), HellaSwag (95.3%), Uniform Bar Exam (90.0%). The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly.
OpenAI
GPT-5 is a multimodal language model developed by OpenAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.1% across 35 benchmarks. It excels particularly in SWE-Lancer (IC-Diamond subset) (100.0%), COLLIE (99.0%), Tau2 Telecom (96.7%). It supports a 528K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents OpenAI's latest advancement in AI technology.
2 years newer
GPT-4
OpenAI
2023-06-13
GPT-5
OpenAI
2025-08-07
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-4
GPT-5
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 43 common benchmarks
GPT-4
GPT-5
GPT-4
2022-12-31
GPT-5
2024-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-4
Azure
OpenAI
GPT-4
GPT-5
GPT-4
GPT-5
GPT-5
OpenAI
ZeroEval