GPT-5.1 (High)
OpenAIProprietary
GPT-5.1 (High) is a vision-language model from OpenAI. It ranks 64 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1250±8 from 9,848 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#12 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #64 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#12 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through OpenAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 |  Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) Google | 1254 | 4,792 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 62 |  MiniMax-M3 MiniMax | 1251 | 19,844 | MiniMax Community License | +1 |
| 63 | GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI | 1250 | 7,590 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 64 | GPT-5.1 (High) OpenAI | 1250 | 9,848 | Proprietary | |
| 65 |  ERNIE-5.0-Preview (1220) Baidu | 1248 | 3,349 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 66 |  MiMo-V2.5 Xiaomi | 1247 | 29,381 | MIT | -3 |
| 67 |  Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct Alibaba | 1247 | 12,724 | Apache 2.0 | -3 |
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-5.1 (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 64 (1250); OCR rank 66 (1255); Diagrams rank 65 (1264); Homework rank 62 (1272); Captioning rank 12 (1252); Entity recognition rank 25 (1232); Creative writing rank 55 (1248); Humor rank 59 (1227); English rank 66 (1252); Chinese rank 66 (1270) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is GPT-5.1 (High) at OCR?
GPT-5.1 (High) ranks 66 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1255 (6,005 votes).
Is GPT-5.1 (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #66 of 128 (1270); English board: #66 of 167 (1252). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is GPT-5.1 (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through OpenAI’s apps or API.
How far is GPT-5.1 (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); GPT-5.1 (High) has 1250, 75 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 –.