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
Models that were current when this was published (released in the six months before it, newest version of each line), so these figures are from that time. Under each chart is the current best. (Models)
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): Claude Haiku 5.5, $0.10
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): Claude Haiku 5.5, $0.10
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): Claude Haiku 5.5, $0.10
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): Claude Haiku 5.5, $0.50
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): Claude Haiku 5.5, $0.50
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): Claude Haiku 5.5, $0.50
Current best (as of Nov 6, 2026): GPT-6 Cyber, 1.05M tokens
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.
General leaderboards
Official resources
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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