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GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-5.1
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5.1 leads with 23.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, GPT-5.1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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OpenAI
GPT-4.1 mini, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a smaller variant from the GPT-4.1 family designed for efficient, cost-effective deployments requiring long-context understanding. It features a 1M token context window and native image understanding, with maintained coding and instruction-following capabilities relative to its size. GPT-4.1 mini targets applications needing a balance between response speed, cost, and capability, such as production APIs with high request volumes.
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OpenAI
GPT-5.1, released by OpenAI in November 2025, is a large language model from the GPT-5 family that delivers incremental improvements in reasoning, instruction following, and multimodal understanding over GPT-5. It features a 400K token context window and targets general-purpose development, long-context analysis, and agentic workflows.
6 months newer
GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-14
GPT-5.1
OpenAI
2025-11
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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GPT-4.1 mini
Average Score:64.2%
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GPT-5.1
Average Score:88.1%(+23.9%)
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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GPT-4.1 mini
Science64.2%
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GPT-5.1
Science88.1%(+23.9%)
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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GPT-4.1 mini
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OpenAI
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GPT-5.1
0 providers
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GPT-4.1 mini
Avg Score:64.2%
Providers:1
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GPT-5.1
Avg Score:88.1%(+23.9%)
Providers:0