GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.5-Pro
OpenAI GPT-5.4 mini | OpenAI GPT-5.5-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Release date | Mar 17 2026 | Apr 23 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Specifications | ||
Context window | 400k | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 32% | 36%Best |
Next.js coding Next.js EvalsVercel's open eval of how well AI coding agents build and migrate real Next.js apps — measured as the share of tasks the agent completes successfully. Higher is better. | — | 83% |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 90.1% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 57.2% |
Advanced math FrontierMath · Tier 1–3Very hard, research-level math problems. Tiers 1–3 are the (still extremely difficult) lower tiers. Higher is better. | — | 52.4% |
Advanced math FrontierMath · Tier 4Very hard, research-level math problems. Tier 4 is the hardest — close to what professional research mathematicians tackle. Higher is better. | — | 39.6% |
Knowledge work GDPval (win/tie rate)How often the AI's work matches or beats a human expert's on real knowledge-work tasks. Higher is better. | — | 82.3% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | GPT-5.4 mini shipped 37 days before GPT-5.5-Pro | |
Which is better: GPT-5.4 mini or GPT-5.5-Pro?
GPT-5.5-Pro leads GPT-5.4 mini on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (BullshitBench v2). GPT-5.4 mini shipped 37 days before GPT-5.5-Pro, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
On BullshitBench v2, GPT-5.5-Pro leads at 36% vs GPT-5.4 mini at 32%.
Frequently asked questions
GPT-5.4 mini was released by OpenAI on Mar 17 2026.
GPT-5.5-Pro was released by OpenAI on Apr 23 2026.
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