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GPT-5 vs GPT-5.1

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5 wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

GPT-5.1 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
GPT-5
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.1
Context Window
GPT-5.1
Speed
GPT-5.1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5GPT-5.1Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$1.25Tie
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$10.00Tie
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.13Tie
Both models have similar overall pricing.

GPT-5 Providers

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GPT-5.1 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5 Wins
3
GPT-5.1 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5GPT-5.1Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
23.927.4
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
25.127.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
31.738.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
80.680.1
GPQA
Graduate-level science
67.364.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
55.849.4
Aider
Real-world code editing
88.0--
AIME
Competition math
36.7--
GPT-5.1 shows stronger mathematical reasoning abilities.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5
400,000
tokens
GPT-5.1
400,000
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5GPT-5.1Winner
Tokens/second63.0 tok/s70.0 tok/s
Time to First Token0.93s0.76s
GPT-5.1 responds 11% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5GPT-5.1
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5GPT-5.1
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2025Nov 2025

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

GPT-5.1 Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 has cheaper input pricing at $1.25/M tokens. GPT-5 has cheaper output pricing at $10.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 27.3, compared to GPT-5's score of 25.1.
GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window, while GPT-5.1 has a 400,000 token context window.
GPT-5 supports vision. GPT-5.1 supports vision.