OpenAI o4-mini is 92.7% cheaper for input tokens ($1.10 vs. $15.00 per 1M tokens) and $4.40 vs. $60.00 for output tokens (13.6x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, OpenAI o4-mini delivers lower response latency at 680ms TTFT (1920ms faster than o1) with 125 vs. 48 tok/s throughput. OpenAI o4-mini leads coding evaluations at 68.1% SWE-bench Verified vs. 48.9% for o1 and 81.4% vs. 78.0% on GPQA Diamond.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
o1
OpenAI o4-mini
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$15.00
$1.10
OpenAI o4-mini is 13.6x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$60.00
$4.40
OpenAI o4-mini (92.7% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$7.500
$0.275
OpenAI o4-mini is 27.3x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$15.00
$1.10
OpenAI o4-mini is 13.6x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
205k (100k out)
205k (100k out)
Equal Context Window
Avg TTFT Response Latency
2600ms
680ms
OpenAI o4-mini (1920ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
48 tok/s
125 tok/s
OpenAI o4-mini (+77 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
48.9%
68.1%
OpenAI o4-mini (+19.2% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
78%
81.4%
OpenAI o4-mini (+3.4% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
83.3%
85.6%
OpenAI o4-mini (+2.3% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
96.4%
97.8%
OpenAI o4-mini (+1.4% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
37.2 / 100
63.7 / 100
OpenAI o4-mini (+26.5 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
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OpenAI o4-mini is cheaper at $1.10/1M input tokens ($4.40/1M output) compared to $15.00/1M input ($60.00/1M output) for o1.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: o1 or OpenAI o4-mini?
OpenAI o4-mini delivers faster first-token latency at 680ms TTFT (125 tok/s throughput) compared to 2600ms TTFT (48 tok/s) for o1.
How do o1 and OpenAI o4-mini compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, o1 scores 48.9% versus 68.1% for OpenAI o4-mini. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, o1 scores 78% versus 81.4% for OpenAI o4-mini (and 96.4% vs 97.8% on MATH-500).
When should you choose o1?
Choose o1 (OpenAI) for legacy reasoning benchmarks, scientific literature review, and complex mathematical proofs — offering a 204k context window, 2600ms TTFT, and $15.00/1M input pricing ($7.500/1M cached reads).
When should you choose OpenAI o4-mini?
Choose OpenAI o4-mini (OpenAI) for automated PR review, high-volume agentic coding loops, SQL/data analysis, and visual document reasoning — offering a 204k context window, 680ms TTFT, and $1.10/1M input pricing ($0.275/1M cached reads).
