Alternatives

What are the alternatives to GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 ranks 50 of 94 in the overall index and costs $5.63 per million tokens.

Claude Sonnet 5.5: Ahead in the overall index (121.8 vs. 86.5) and cheaper ($4 vs. $5.63 per million tokens).

Qwen 3.7 Plus: Level in the overall index (83.4 vs. 86.5) but cheaper: $0.48 instead of $5.63 per million tokens.

The alternatives by reason

Every card names the values it rests on. A model appears only once.

Stronger, not much pricier
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Ahead in the overall index (121.8 vs. 86.5) and cheaper ($4 vs. $5.63 per million tokens).
Overall index
121.8
Price (3:1)
$4
Speed
103
Rank 5 · Upper group
Head to head: GPT-5.4 vs. Claude Sonnet 5.5 Open the profile
Similar strength, cheaper
Qwen 3.7 Plus
Level in the overall index (83.4 vs. 86.5) but cheaper: $0.48 instead of $5.63 per million tokens.
Overall index
83.4
Price (3:1)
$0.48
Speed
50
Rank 54 · Lower group
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With open weights
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
The best model with open weights, stronger: 106.7 vs. 86.5 in the overall index.
Overall index
106.7
Price (3:1)
$0.26
Speed
126
Rank 20 · Middle group
Head to head: GPT-5.4 vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Open the profile
Similar strength, faster
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Level in the overall index (81.0 vs. 86.5) and faster: 101 instead of 58 tokens per second.
Overall index
81.0
Price (3:1)
$1.13
Speed
101
Rank 60 · Lower group
Open the profile
The successor
GPT-5.5
The successor to GPT-5.4. Overall index 101.5 vs. 86.5.
Overall index
101.5
Price (3:1)
$11.25
Speed
87
Rank 25 · Middle group
Head to head: GPT-5.4 vs. GPT-5.5 Open the profile

The nearest generally available models by overall index, with rank, price and speed. Models with limited access and retired models are left out.

Rank	Model	Overall index	Price (3:1)	Speed
47	GLM-5.2	89.0	$2.15	73
48	DeepSeek-V4-Pro	87.2	$0.99	44
49	Claude Sonnet 4.6	86.7	$6	38
50	GPT-5.4this model	86.5	$5.63	58
51	Qwen 3.7 Max	85.4	$2.48	50
52	Kimi K2.6	84.9	$1.71	32
53	Claude Opus 4.6	84.2	$10	36
54	Qwen 3.7 Plus	83.4	$0.48	50

Price in dollars per million tokens, mixed from 3 parts input and 1 part output. Speed in tokens per second.