GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14)
OpenAIProprietary
GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) is a vision-language model from OpenAI. It ranks 103 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1181±7 from 40,201 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#25 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #103 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#25 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through OpenAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 |  Claude Sonnet 4 (Thinking 32K, 20250514) Anthropic | 1191 | 1,144 | Proprietary | +10 |
| 101 |  Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Thinking, 06-17) Google | 1187 | 35,914 | Proprietary | +6 |
| 102 | SStep-1o Turbo (202506) StepFun | 1186 | 1,895 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 103 | GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) OpenAI | 1181 | 40,201 | Proprietary | |
| 104 |  Hunyuan Large Vision Tencent | 1180 | 1,274 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 105 | Hunyuan Vision 1.5 Thinking Tencent | 1180 | 2,424 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 106 | SStep-3 StepFun | 1176 | 3,193 | Apache 2.0 | -5 |
Alternatives · More from OpenAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | GPT-5.4 (High) OpenAI | 1303 | 30,747 | Proprietary |
| 21 | GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 1297 | 28,781 | Proprietary |
| 25 | GPT-5.5 (High) OpenAI | 1293 | 27,067 | Proprietary |
| 27 | GPT-5.4 OpenAI | 1292 | 22,804 | Proprietary |
| 29 | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1288 | 2,330 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 103 (1181); OCR rank 101 (1188); Diagrams rank 103 (1182); Homework rank 95 (1214); Captioning rank 25 (1174); Entity recognition rank 44 (1187); Creative writing rank 91 (1182); Humor rank 82 (1182); English rank 102 (1191); Chinese rank 92 (1186) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) at OCR?
GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) ranks 101 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1188 (10,464 votes).
Is GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #92 of 128 (1186); English board: #102 of 167 (1191). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through OpenAI’s apps or API.
How far is GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); GPT-4.1 mini (2025-04-14) has 1181, 144 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.