Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
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.
Launched on the same date

GPT-5.1
OpenAI
2025-11

GPT-5.1 Instant
OpenAI
2025-11
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GPT-5.1
GPT-5.1 Instant
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
GPT-5.1
GPT-5.1 Instant
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5.1
GPT-5.1 Instant
GPT-5.1
GPT-5.1 Instant