OpenAI: o4 Mini

OpenAI o4-mini demonstrates a balanced performance profile, excelling in reliability while offering moderate speed and premium pricing. Its exceptional reliability, with a 100% success rate across all benchmarks, ensures consistent and usable responses. The model's speed performance is moderate, ranking in the 38th percentile, indicating it performs adequately but not among the fastest models. Pricing is positioned at a premium level, falling into the 18th percentile, suggesting it is a more expensive option compared to many alternatives. In terms of specific benchmarks, o4-mini shows outstanding accuracy in General Knowledge (100%), achieving perfect scores and being the most accurate model at its price point and speed. It also exhibits strong performance in Reasoning (98% accuracy, 93rd percentile) and Coding (94% accuracy, 92nd percentile), aligning with its description as a compact reasoning model with competitive coding capabilities. Mathematics (93% accuracy, 77th percentile) and Ethics (99% accuracy, 52nd percentile) also show high accuracy. A notable area for improvement is Hallucinations, where its 86% accuracy (28th percentile) suggests it occasionally fails to acknowledge uncertainty. Instruction Following, while showing 76% accuracy, ranks in the 88th percentile, indicating strong relative performance despite the lower absolute score. Its cost-efficiency is particularly evident in Reasoning and Instruction Following, where it ranks in the 11th and 12th percentile for cost, respectively.