GPT-4.1 at a glance
The API-only GPT-4.1 family improved coding and instruction following over GPT-4o, raised context to 1M tokens, cut prices, and started the retirement of GPT-4.5 Preview.
What changed with GPT-4.1
On April 14, 2025, OpenAI launched GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano, available only through the API. All three support up to 1 million tokens of context, up from 128,000 for GPT-4o. OpenAI reported 54.6% on SWE-bench Verified for GPT-4.1, versus 33.2% for GPT-4o, and large gains in following formats, negative instructions and multi-turn requests.
Launch prices per million tokens were $2.00 input and $8.00 output for GPT-4.1, $0.40 and $1.60 for mini, and $0.10 and $0.40 for nano, OpenAI's cheapest and fastest model at the time, with deeper discounts for cached input and the Batch API. OpenAI also announced that GPT-4.5 Preview would be turned off in the API on July 14, 2025.
GPT-4.1 benchmarks and pricing
Values are copied from the linked source on the date shown. They are not IA Compa measurements.
- Input price per 1M tokensas of · Source for Input price per 1M tokens: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $2.00
- Output price per 1M tokensas of · Source for Output price per 1M tokens: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $8.00
- Input price per 1M tokens · GPT-4.1 minias of · Source for Input price per 1M tokens: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $0.40
- Output price per 1M tokens · GPT-4.1 minias of · Source for Output price per 1M tokens: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $1.60
- Input price per 1M tokens · GPT-4.1 nanoas of · Source for Input price per 1M tokens: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $0.10
- Output price per 1M tokens · GPT-4.1 nanoas of · Source for Output price per 1M tokens: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $0.40
- Context windowas of · Source for Context window: openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- 1M tokens
How it compares
Other models in the same category that we have covered, using each model's latest recorded value. (Models)
Where to compare GPT-4.1
Independent leaderboards and official resources for comparing this model yourself. Rankings change often; each site shows its own current data.
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Why GPT-4.1 matters for businesses
For businesses, GPT-4.1 became a dependable workhorse for agents and automations: it follows detailed instructions literally, handles long documents, and nano made high-volume classification or routing very cheap. OpenAI advised writing explicit, specific prompts because the model takes them literally.
Sources for this story
- Introducing GPT-4.1 in the API (opens in a new tab)Official
OpenAI · openai.com
- GPT-4.1 model page (opens in a new tab)Benchmark
Artificial Analysis · artificialanalysis.ai
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