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GPT-4.1vsGPT-5.2

GPT-5.2 leads 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. GPT-4.1 is 1.6x cheaper per token. GPT-4.1 has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0 – 6
GPT-5.2 leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-4.1
1.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-4.1
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.5679%
OpenAI
GPT-4.1
OpenAI · released 2025-04-14
textvision
Context
1.0M
Max out
33K
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$8
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
10 · 8 core
GPT-5.2
OpenAI · released 2025-12-11
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$1.75
Output /1M
$14
Cached /1M
$0.175
Scores
16 · 11 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGPT-4.1GPT-5.2ΔEdge
Reported by both · 6
SWE-bench Verified54.6% 80% -25.4 ptGPT-5.2
GPQA Diamond66.3% 92.4% -26.1 ptGPT-5.2
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)6% epoch67.4% epoch-61.4 ptGPT-5.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)38.3% epoch96.1% epoch-57.8 ptGPT-5.2
SimpleQA Verified31.1% epoch37.1% epoch-6 ptGPT-5.2
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)48.5% epoch73.8% epoch-25.3 ptGPT-5.2
Only GPT-4.1 reports · 3
MMLU90.2% not reported
AIME 202448.1% not reported
Video-MME (long, no subtitles)72% not reported
Only GPT-5.2 reports · 8
AIME 2025not reported100%
AIME 2026not reported98.3% matharena
LMArena Elonot reported1412.4
ARC-AGI-1 (Verified)not reported86.2%
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)not reported52.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported31.7% epoch
GDPval (wins or ties)not reported70.9%
SWE-Bench Pronot reported55.6%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-4.1 minus GPT-5.2 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecGPT-4.1GPT-5.2Edge
Context window1.0M tokens400K tokensGPT-4.1
Max output33K tokens128K tokensGPT-5.2
Input price / 1M$2 $1.75 GPT-5.2
Output price / 1M$8 $14 GPT-4.1
Cached input / 1M$0.5 $0.175 GPT-5.2
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$10$15.75GPT-4.1
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2025-04-142025-12-11
Cited benchmark scores1016
Reliability

OpenAI status

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