Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 4.1 Fast offers 936.0K more tokens in context window than GPT-4.1 nano. GPT-4.1 nano is $5.50 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 nano is OpenAI's smallest member of the GPT-4.1 family, released in April 2025 alongside GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini as the latency-optimized, cost-minimized option for high-throughput applications. Positioned below GPT-4.1 mini in both size and cost, it was designed for use cases where speed and affordability dominate over raw capability — including tool calling, intent classification, short-form instruction following, and retrieval-augmented lookup tasks. Unlike its larger siblings, it supports fine-tuning, making it a practical candidate for task-specific customization at scale without incurring the cost of fine-tuning larger models.
xAI
Grok 4.1 Fast, released by xAI in November 2025, is a fast-response variant from the Grok 4 family featuring a 2M token context window designed for high-throughput applications. It omits thinking tokens for immediate responses, reducing latency while maintaining strong output quality. Grok 4.1 Fast targets production APIs, real-time assistants, and cost-sensitive applications requiring long-context understanding at high volume.
7 months newer

GPT-4.1 nano
OpenAI
2025-04-14

Grok 4.1 Fast
xAI
2025-11-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-4.1 nano
Grok 4.1 Fast
Context window and performance specifications
GPT-4.1 nano
2024-06
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-4.1 nano
OpenAI
Grok 4.1 Fast
GPT-4.1 nano
Grok 4.1 Fast
GPT-4.1 nano
Grok 4.1 Fast
xAI