GPT-5.4 nano (High)
OpenAIProprietary
GPT-5.4 nano (High) is a vision-language model from OpenAI. It ranks 96 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1196±6 from 25,624 votes. Its best category is OCR (#92 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning.
Who it suits
- Overall #96 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: OCR (#92 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through OpenAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | GPT-5 mini (High) OpenAI | 1202 | 28,943 | Proprietary | +6 |
| 94 |  Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) xAI | 1201 | 13,368 | Proprietary | +5 |
| 95 |  Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview (Non-Thinking, 09-2025) Google | 1198 | 4,862 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 96 | GPT-5.4 nano (High) OpenAI | 1196 | 25,624 | Proprietary | |
| 97 | GPT-4.5 Preview (2025-02-27) OpenAI | 1195 | 2,925 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 98 | o4-mini (2025-04-16) OpenAI | 1194 | 41,316 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 99 |  Claude Opus 4 (Thinking 16K, 20250514) Anthropic | 1192 | 1,290 | Proprietary | -4 |
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-5.4 nano (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 96 (1196); OCR rank 92 (1204); Diagrams rank 92 (1210); Homework rank 91 (1225); Entity recognition rank 50 (1141); Creative writing rank 98 (1159); Humor rank 87 (1161); English rank 96 (1202); Chinese rank 83 (1232) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is GPT-5.4 nano (High) at OCR?
GPT-5.4 nano (High) ranks 92 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1204 (18,222 votes).
Is GPT-5.4 nano (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #83 of 128 (1232); English board: #96 of 167 (1202). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is GPT-5.4 nano (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through OpenAI’s apps or API.
How far is GPT-5.4 nano (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); GPT-5.4 nano (High) has 1196, 129 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 –.