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Best GPT-4.1 Mini alternatives

Users may seek alternatives to GPT-4.1 Mini because its mini variant trades depth for efficiency and large contexts can increase latency. This list covers other multimodal models with details on intelligence, speed, price, and context from the provided options.

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Grok 4.3

Multimodal · $2.50/1M

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Multimodal model with 1M-token context for complex text and image tasks.

Intelligence: 43.9Output speed: 135 t/sOutput price: $2.50/1MContext: 1000K
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GPT-5 Codex

Multimodal · $10.00/1M

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OpenAI's multimodal model for large-scale text and image tasks.

Intelligence: 44.6Output speed: 150 t/sOutput price: $10.00/1MContext: 400K

Google's fast multimodal model for efficient text, image, and video tasks.

Intelligence: 33.5Output speed: 310 t/sOutput price: $1.50/1MContext: 1049K

Multi-agent multimodal model for massive context tasks

Output price: $6.00/1MContext: 2000KType: ProprietaryProvider: xAI

OpenAI's closed multimodal model for large-scale text and image tasks.

Intelligence: 43.1Output speed: 178 t/sOutput price: $10.00/1MContext: 400K

It matches the 400000 context size but has unknown intelligence_index and output_speed with much higher output_price of $30/1M versus $1.6/1M.

Output price: $30.00/1MContext: 400KType: ProprietaryProvider: OpenAI
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GPT-5.2 Pro

Multimodal · $168.00/1M

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Multimodal model handling images, text, and files over vast contexts.

Output price: $168.00/1MContext: 400KType: ProprietaryProvider: OpenAI
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GPT-5.1

Multimodal · $10.00/1M

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It offers higher intelligence_index of 27.4 versus 22.9 and faster output_speed of 115.83 t/s versus 98.09 t/s but at higher output_price of $10/1M versus $1.6/1M and smaller context of 400000 versus 1047576.

Intelligence: 27.4Output speed: 116 t/sOutput price: $10.00/1MContext: 400K

Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.2-Codex has the highest intelligence_index at 49 among the alternatives.