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GPT-5.4 vs o3 Mini High (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5.4 vs. o3 Mini High
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Overview

o3 Mini High was released 1 year before GPT-5.4.
GPT-5.4GPT-5.4
o3 Mini Higho3 Mini High
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
OpenAI logoOpenAI
OpenAI logoOpenAI
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
1.1M
tokens
200K
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
128K
tokens
100K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
March 5th, 2026
February 12th, 2025
Knowledge Cutoff
Latest training-data date reported by the provider
Not reported
October 31, 2023

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
GPT-5.4
o3 Mini High
Input Types
Supported input formats
📝Text🖼️Image📁File
📝Text📁File
Reasoning Controls
Defaults and configurable reasoning effort
OptionalEffort: Extra High, High, Medium, Low, NoneDefault: Medium
Always enabledEffort: HighDefault: High
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
GPTGPT
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

GPT-5.4 is roughly 2.3x more expensive compared to o3 Mini High for input tokens and roughly 3.4x more expensive for output tokens.
GPT-5.4GPT-5.4
o3 Mini Higho3 Mini High
Short Context Pricing
Base rates before a long-context threshold applies
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$2.50
per million tokens
$1.10
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million output tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$4.40
per million tokens
Web Search Cost
Additional cost for each web search operation
$0.01
per search
$0.01
per search
Cache Read Cost
Cost to reuse cached input tokens
$0.25
per million tokens
$0.55
per million tokens
Long Context Pricing
Rates for prompts with 272,000 or more tokens
Input Token Cost
Long-context input cost per million tokens
$5.00
per million tokens
Not specified
Output Token Cost
Long-context output cost per million tokens
$22.50
per million tokens
Not specified
Cache Read Cost
Long-context cache read cost per million tokens
$0.50
per million tokens
Not specified

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between GPT-5.4 and o3 Mini High.
GPT-5.4GPT-5.4
o3 Mini Higho3 Mini High
Intelligence Index
Overall model quality across independent evaluations
51.4
(Artificial Analysis index; higher is better)
15.6
(Artificial Analysis index; higher is better)
Coding Index
Programming performance across independent evaluations
71.1
(Artificial Analysis index; higher is better)
16.3
(Artificial Analysis index; higher is better)
Agentic Index
Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks
41.1
(Artificial Analysis index; higher is better)
1.7
(Artificial Analysis index; higher is better)
Best Design Arena Score
Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas
1,298 Elo
(#17 in Game Dev (57.8% win rate))
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes GPT-5.4 and o3 Mini High unique.
OpenAI logoGPT-5.4 by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1.1M token context window. Premium pricing at $2.50/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released March 5th, 2026.
OpenAI logoo3 Mini High by OpenAI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.10/M input and $4.40/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released February 12th, 2025.

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