Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-4o, released by OpenAI in May 2024, is a multimodal large language model from the GPT-4 family that natively processes text, image, and audio inputs in a single end-to-end model. It features a 128K token context window and demonstrated competitive performance across coding, reasoning, and vision benchmarks at its release. GPT-4o targets general-purpose assistant applications, vision-enabled workflows, and use cases requiring low-latency multimodal understanding.
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Instant, released by OpenAI in November 2025, is a low-latency variant from the GPT-5.1 family optimized for fast response times and high-throughput workloads. It targets real-time applications, conversational assistants, and production APIs where response speed is a primary requirement alongside GPT-5.1-generation reasoning quality.
1 year newer

GPT-4o
OpenAI
2024-05-13

GPT-5.1 Instant
OpenAI
2025-11
Context window and performance specifications
GPT-4o
2024-04
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-4o
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Instant
GPT-4o
GPT-5.1 Instant
GPT-4o
GPT-5.1 Instant