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GPT-5.5 vs. GPT-5.4 mini

Compare published benchmark results from matching versions and cohorts, API pricing, and technical specifications. Any documented test setup differences remain visible.

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2026-09-29

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Specifications

General specifications

Release date, availability, context window, architecture, and published parameter counts at a glance. Undisclosed details remain marked as unavailable.

Specifications for GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 mini
AttributeGPT-5.5GPT-5.4 mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedApr 23, 2026Mar 17, 2026
AvailabilityActiveActive
Model typeProprietaryProprietary
ParametersNot publishedNot published
ArchitectureNot publishedNot published
Context window1,050,000 tokens400,000 tokens
Knowledge cutoffDecember 1, 2025August 31, 2025
Technical sourcesModelModel

Pricing

API pricing compared

The table compares official standard API rates per 1M tokens, including published cache pricing. Batch, fast, priority, regional surcharges, tool calls, and cloud platform pricing are excluded.

API pricing for GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 mini
Price typeGPT-5.5GPT-5.4 mini
API input$5 ≤272K / $10 >272K$0.75
API output$30 ≤272K / $45 >272K$4.5
Cache read$0.5 ≤272K / $1 >272K$0.07
Cache write (5 min.)Not listedNot listed
Cache write (1 hr.)Not listedNot listed
Price verified09/22/2026 Source09/22/2026 Source
GPT-5.5GPT-5.4 mini
API inputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
GPT-5.5$5
GPT-5.4 miniLower price$0.75
API outputUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
GPT-5.5$30
GPT-5.4 miniLower price$4.5
Cache readUSD per 1M tokens, base tier
GPT-5.5$0.5
GPT-5.4 miniLower price$0.075

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Pricing by provider

Direct developer pricing and provider endpoint tariffs routed through OpenRouter are listed separately. Prices are in USD per 1M tokens. Context-dependent direct tiers plus regional, Flex, Priority, and other OpenRouter tariffs remain individually identifiable.

Provider pricing for GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 mini
ModelProviderPurchase route and tariffInput per 1M tokensOutput per 1M tokensSource
GPT-5.5OpenAIDirect from developerUp to 272,000 context tokens$5$30Source09/22/2026
OpenAIDirect from developerAbove 272,000 context tokens$10$45Source09/22/2026
Amazon BedrockVia OpenRouteramazon-bedrock/us-east-1$5.5$33Source10/02/2026
AzureVia OpenRouterazure$5$30Source10/02/2026
AzureVia OpenRouterazure/eu$5.5$33Source10/02/2026
AzureVia OpenRouterazure/us$5.5$33Source10/02/2026
OpenAIVia OpenRouteropenai$5$30Source10/02/2026
OpenAIVia OpenRouteropenai/fast$12.5$75Source10/02/2026
OpenAIVia OpenRouteropenai/flexLowest listed price: $2.5Lowest listed price: $15Source10/02/2026
GPT-5.4 miniOpenAIDirect from developerStandard API$0.75$4.5Source09/22/2026
AzureVia OpenRouterazure$0.75$4.5Source10/02/2026
AzureVia OpenRouterazure/us$0.825$4.95Source10/02/2026
OpenAIVia OpenRouteropenai$0.75$4.5Source10/02/2026
OpenAIVia OpenRouteropenai/fast$1.5$9Source10/02/2026
OpenAIVia OpenRouteropenai/flexLowest listed price: $0.375Lowest listed price: $2.25Source10/02/2026

Performance

Shared benchmarks

Only published results with the same benchmark version, task, metric, and comparison cohort are paired. Different reasoning levels, agents, harnesses, or output limits appear directly in the table.

Capability profile from matched benchmarks

Each axis averages directly matched benchmark families. A value of 100 means the stronger value within this pair, not a universal quality score.

255075100CodingReasoningMathematicsKnowledgeFinanceLegalAgentic tasksMultimodal
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Coding: 100 / 66.8 (6 benchmark families)
Reasoning: 100 / 93.5 (2 benchmark families)
Mathematics: 100 / 96.4 (1 benchmark family)
Knowledge: 100 / 96.5 (2 benchmark families)
Finance: 99.8 / 84.5 (7 benchmark families)
Legal: 100 / 50.6 (3 benchmark families)
Agentic tasks: 100 / 68.8 (1 benchmark family)
Multimodal: 100 / 89.8 (1 benchmark family)

140 matched rows from 21 benchmark families were considered. The radar shows 8 of 12 comparable categories.

GPT-5.5GPT-5.4 mini
Code MigrationOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner45.161 %
GPT-5.4 mini12.936 %
CorpFin v2Overall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner68.415 %
GPT-5.4 mini60.917 %
EMBOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner64.543 %
GPT-5.4 mini45.426 %
Finance Agent (v2)Overall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner51.76 %
GPT-5.4 mini45.36 %
GPQA DiamondOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner93.182 %
GPT-5.4 mini83.08 %
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkOverall · Task fully resolved. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner3.75 %
GPT-5.4 mini0 %
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner40.385 %
GPT-5.4 mini12.5 %
LiveCodeBench v6Overall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner85.296 %
GPT-5.4 mini81.465 %
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall. Higher is better. Test setup not documented as identical
GPT-5.5Higher measured value1,476.671
GPT-5.4 mini1,447.017
MMLU-ProOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner88.144 %
GPT-5.4 mini84.554 %
MMMU-ProOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner88.266 %
GPT-5.4 mini79.249 %
MortgageTaxOverall. Higher is better. No documented setup difference
GPT-5.5Winner68.76 %
GPT-5.4 mini63.514 %

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Benchmark scores for GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 mini
Benchmark and taskGPT-5.5GPT-5.4 miniSource
Code MigrationOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner45.161 %
12.936 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
CorpFin v2Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner68.415 %
60.917 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/12/2026
EMBOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner64.543 %
45.426 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner51.76 %
45.36 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
GPQA DiamondOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner93.182 %
83.08 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkOverall · Task fully resolved
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: task resolution rateScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner3.75 %
0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner40.385 %
12.5 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner85.296 %
81.465 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Snapshot: gpt-5.5, Harness: Arena text, style control
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena text, style control
GPT-5.5: Style-controlled Arena rating from 70,635 anonymous pairwise votes.GPT-5.4 mini: Style-controlled Arena rating from 63,140 anonymous pairwise votes.
Higher measured value1,476.671
95% confidence interval: ±3.701The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
1,447.017
95% confidence interval: ±3.76The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
LMArena
Source details
Data as of: 09/25/2026
MMLU-ProOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner88.144 %
84.554 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
MMMU-ProOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner88.266 %
79.249 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
MortgageTaxOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner68.76 %
63.514 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner0.5 %
0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
SAGEOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner51.532 %
50.813 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/26/2026
SWE-bench VerifiedOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner82.6 %
73 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
Taste-BenchOverall
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: arxiv:2609.25804v2Metric: both-orders-correct, engineering/research macro averageScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 65,536 tokens, Attempts: 502 questions, two option orders each
GPT-5.4 mini: Reasoning: high, Output limit: 65,536 tokens, Attempts: 502 questions, two option orders each
Same prompt for all models. Each of 502 questions is shown twice with the options reversed. Average of engineering and research success rates, requiring both orders to be correct. 65,536-token output budget; unparseable answers count as wrong.
Higher measured value59.5 %
0 of 1,004 responses were unparseable and counted as wrong. Not a Gradually test.
40.1 %
112 of 1,004 responses were unparseable and counted as wrong. Not a Gradually test.
Taste-Bench paper
Source details
Data as of: 09/23/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner60.456 %
36.586 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
TaxEval v2Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner74.98 %
71.218 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.0Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner73.202 %
44.944 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 06/04/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner76.404 %
54.682 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Vals IndexOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: weighted index scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner57.411 %
39.632 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Vals Multimodal IndexOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.2Metric: weighted index scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
Winner68.071 %
54.219 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/11/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Harness: OpenHands
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Harness: OpenHands
Winner69.847 %
47.969 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 09/27/2026
Code MigrationCLI
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner36.882 %
8.2 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
CorpFin v2Exact Pages
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner65.618 %
61.538 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
EMBComps
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner64.681 %
40.488 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner45.74 %
45.366 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
GPQA DiamondFew-Shot CoT
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner93.434 %
84.848 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner53.03 %
15.152 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Easy
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner98.447 %
97.826 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Snapshot: gpt-5.5-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena text, style control
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena text, style control
GPT-5.5: Style-controlled Arena rating from 69,008 anonymous pairwise votes.GPT-5.4 mini: Style-controlled Arena rating from 63,140 anonymous pairwise votes.
Winner1,481.397
95% confidence interval: ±3.734The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
1,447.017
95% confidence interval: ±3.76The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
LMArena
Source details
Data as of: 09/25/2026
MMLU-ProBiology
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner94.003 %
91.353 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
MortgageTaxNumerical Extraction
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
76.153 %
Winner79.412 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
ProgramBenchAlmost Resolved
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner9.5 %
3 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
SAGEAutomata
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Temperature: 1, Output limit: 30,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 30,000 tokens
40.476 %
Higher measured value41.27 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
SWE-bench Verified<15 min fix
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner91.753 %
85.567 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/08/2026
TaxEval v2Correctness
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner65.495 %
63.042 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.0Easy
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner85 %
75 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 06/04/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Easy
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner83.333 %
75 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Vals IndexCorpFin v2
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.2Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner69.58 %
60.256 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Vals Multimodal IndexCorpFin v2
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.2Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner69.58 %
60.256 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner70 %
27.143 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
CorpFin v2Max Fitting Context
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner70.047 %
60.956 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
EMBDataroom
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner81.227 %
48.286 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner39.562 %
32.369 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
GPQA DiamondZero-Shot CoT
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner92.929 %
81.313 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: weighted partial-credit scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner86.669 %
69.72 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
LiveCodeBench v6Hard
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner69.714 %
61.714 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlBusiness, management and finance
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: style-control-v1Metric: style-controlled Bradley-Terry ratingScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Snapshot: gpt-5.5, Harness: Arena text, style control
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-high, Reasoning: high, Harness: Arena text, style control
GPT-5.5: Style-controlled Arena rating from 14,097 anonymous pairwise votes.GPT-5.4 mini: Style-controlled Arena rating from 12,859 anonymous pairwise votes.
Higher measured value1,485.504
95% confidence interval: ±6.33The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
1,459.736
95% confidence interval: ±6.499The Arena score measures human preference rather than a fixed capability test. The confidence interval and model configuration are part of the result.
LMArena
Source details
Data as of: 09/25/2026
MMLU-ProBusiness
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner92.015 %
89.734 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
MortgageTaxSemantic Extraction
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner61.367 %
47.615 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
ProgramBenchFully Resolved
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner0.5 %
0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
SAGECalculus
Test details
Test setup not documented as identicalNo direct winnerVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Temperature: 1
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 30,000 tokens
Higher measured value72.222 %
59.259 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
SWE-bench Verified>4 hours
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner66.667 %
0 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/08/2026
TaxEval v2Stepwise Reasoning
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner84.464 %
79.395 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.0Hard
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.0Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner60.5 %
24.444 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 06/04/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Hard
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2.1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: high, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner66.667 %
34.444 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Vals IndexFinance Agent v2
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.2Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner51.834 %
45.407 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Vals Multimodal IndexFinance Agent v2
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1.2Metric: benchmark scoreScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner51.834 %
45.407 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
Code MigrationCode Quality
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: mean reviewer code-quality ratingScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner3.498 / 5
3.053 / 5
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/09/2026
CorpFin v2Shared Max Context
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner69.58 %
60.256 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
EMBDCF
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner56.736 %
40.605 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Comparables
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 2Metric: accuracyScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner43.653 %
40.273 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · All-pass
Test details
No documented difference in the test setupVersion: 1Metric: all-pass rateScoring: Higher is betterGPT-5.5: Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.4 mini: Snapshot: gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17, Reasoning: xhigh, Output limit: 128,000 tokens
Winner37.209 %
11.628 %
Vals AI
Source details
Data as of: 08/06/2026

Key to the marks:better valuebetter, but not conclusivetie

Our model tests

Our tests

Compare how the models respond to the same prompt. Each test shows the first attempt, with no subsequent fixes to the generated code. These results do not contribute to an overall score.

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

GPT-5.5

The API response was not fully received. The model was not evaluated.

Reasoning (requested): high

First attempt
Run date
7 Sept 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
openai/gpt-5.5
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
OpenAI | openai/gpt-5.5-20260423
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Failed

Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.

GPT-5.4 mini

The response reached the token limit. No complete recording is available.

Reasoning (requested): high

First attempt
Run date
7 Sept 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
openai/gpt-5.4-mini
API model reported in response
openai/gpt-5.4-mini
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
OpenAI | openai/gpt-5.4-mini-20260317
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Failed
Response time
67 s

Not yet visually reviewed. A successful recording does not confirm correct physics or full compliance with the prompt.

Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)

How to read this comparison

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Your workload, budget, and required context length matter most. A coding benchmark says little about visual understanding or agent performance.

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