compare/GPT-4.1vsGPT-4.1 Mini

GPT-4.1 vs GPT-4.1 Mini

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

Paste a prompt. Watch them race.

Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.

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 GPT-4.1
openai/gpt-4.1
GPT-4.1 Mini
openai/gpt-4.1-mini
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
FamilyGPT-4GPT-4
Modalitytexttext
Context window1,047,576 tok1,047,576 tok
Max output32,768 tok32,768 tok
Released2026-04-132026-04-13
Input price$2.00 /1M$0.400 /1M
Output price$8.00 /1M$1.60 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyesyes
Streamingyesyes
Vision
JSON modeyesyes
Reasoning
Prompt caching
GPT-4.1
openai/gpt-4.1
Full spec →

OpenAI's flagship GPT model for complex tasks with a million-token context window.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
GPT-4.1 Mini
openai/gpt-4.1-mini
Full spec →

Fast, affordable version of GPT-4.1 with a million-token context window.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try GPT-4.1
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-4.1",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try GPT-4.1 Mini — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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