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Best GPT-4.1 Nano alternatives

Users may seek alternatives to GPT-4.1 Nano when its nano size reduces depth on complex tasks or when higher intelligence is needed despite efficiency trade-offs. This list covers seven other proprietary multimodal models from OpenAI and Anthropic with details on intelligence, speed, price, and context.

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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

GPT Chat Latest supports the same text image and file modalities as GPT-4.1 Nano at a much higher $30 /1M price with unknown intelligence and speed values.

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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GPT-5.1 has a higher intelligence_index of 27.4 than GPT-4.1 Nano's 13 but costs more at $10 /1M tokens and runs slower at 115.83 t/s with a smaller 400000 context.

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

Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.2-Codex has the highest intelligence_index of 49 while supporting text and image inputs at scale.