Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4 mini supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Codex Max, released by OpenAI in November 2025, is an enhanced coding variant from the GPT-5.1 Codex line, designed for more complex software engineering tasks requiring additional reasoning depth. It targets large-scale code generation, automated refactoring, and sophisticated agentic development workflows.
OpenAI
OpenAI o4 mini, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the o4 family that combines multimodal understanding with efficient chain-of-thought processing. It features a 200K token context window and native image understanding, with strong performance on mathematics and coding benchmarks relative to its inference cost. o4 mini targets cost-sensitive applications requiring both visual reasoning and mathematical accuracy.
6 months newer

o4 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16

GPT-5.1 Codex Max
OpenAI
2025-11
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
o4 mini
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
o4 mini
GPT-5.1 Codex Max
o4 mini