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MODEL PROOF # GPT-4.1 Nano OpenAI · 14 Apr 2025 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic TRADE-OFF ## A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher score and an equal-or-lower price, with capability losses. **$0.175** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-flash/) · Δ score 171.6 points · same measured price - no file input Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [LMArena · cc-by-4.0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) Independent LMArena score 1,284.8 ± 7.64 · 6,103 votes Context window 1.05M Maximum output 32.77K Input modalities image, text, file Output modalities text Published input price $0.100 / 1M tokens Published output price $0.400 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from OpenAI: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.100 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $0.400 /M | | Cached input | $0.025 /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | | Web search | $0.01 /call | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. 3 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller Azure azure Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.030 Context limit 1,047,576 tokens Output limit 942,818 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Not listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.82% | Input $0.100 | Output $0.400 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.13% | | Seller OpenAI openai Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.025 Context limit 1,047,576 tokens Output limit 32,768 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Not listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.70% | Input $0.100 | Output $0.400 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.92% | | Seller Azure azure/swedencentral Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.033 Context limit 1,047,576 tokens Output limit 942,818 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Not listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes Unknown | Input $0.110 | Output $0.440 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 100.00% | ### Independent scores | LMArena Elo | 1284.8 default | | --- | --- | LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero. #### Best rankings by task - 3D #110 933 - Game development #114 983 - UI components #117 921 - Code categories #119 967 - Websites #120 979 - Data visualisation #121 897 Per-task Elo and rank from [Design Arena](https://designarena.ai), via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list. ### Capability | Context window | 1M | | --- | --- | | Max output | 32K | | Input modes | image, text, file | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | no | | Knowledge cutoff | 2024-06-30 | | Open weights | no | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | verified | For tasks that demand low latency, GPT‑4.1 nano is the fastest and cheapest model in the GPT-4.1 series. It delivers exceptional performance at a small size with its 1 million... ## Questions this page answers What does GPT-4.1 Nano cost? $0.100/M in, $0.400/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does GPT-4.1 Nano have an independent quality score? GPT-4.1 Nano has an LMArena score in this catalogue. What beats GPT-4.1 Nano? MiMo-V2.6-Flash has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price, with capability trade-offs. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for GPT-4.1 Nano? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano. Balanced workload. Alternative has a trade-off. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related - Higher score and cheaper, with a named trade [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-flash/) - Nearby on the capability axis [GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)](/models/openai__gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18/) - Same vendor [GPT-4 Turbo](/models/openai__gpt-4-turbo/) - OpenAI models [OpenAI](/providers/openai/) - Where this model appears [significance](/significance/) - Nearby on the capability axis [GPT-4o (2024-08-06)](/models/openai__gpt-4o-2024-08-06/) - Same vendor [GPT-4o (2024-05-13)](/models/openai__gpt-4o-2024-05-13/) - Where this model appears [cheapest-at](/cheapest-at/) - Nearby on the capability axis [gpt-oss-20b](/models/openai__gpt-oss-20b/) - Same vendor [o3 Mini](/models/openai__o3-mini/) - Where this model appears [subscription vs API](/plans/) ## Badge The verdict as one SVG, for a README or a docs page. 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