OpenAI: o4 Mini High

OpenAI o4 Mini High, released on April 16, 2025, is a compact yet powerful reasoning model designed for efficiency and strong multimodal capabilities. It exhibits moderate speed performance, ranking in the 31st percentile, and is positioned at premium pricing levels, falling into the 14th percentile. A standout feature is its exceptional reliability, boasting a 100% success rate across all benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures. The model demonstrates remarkable accuracy in several key areas. It achieved perfect accuracy in General Knowledge, making it the most accurate model at its price point and speed. Its reasoning capabilities are strong, scoring 98.0% accuracy and ranking in the 92nd percentile. Similarly, it performs well in Email Classification (99.0% accuracy, 77th percentile) and Coding (93.0% accuracy, 85th percentile). The model also shows high accuracy in Ethics (98.0%). However, a notable weakness is its performance in the Hallucinations Baseline, where it scored only 62.0% accuracy, placing it in the 13th percentile. While its Instruction Following accuracy is decent at 71.0%, its cost for this task is relatively high. Overall, o4 Mini High excels in complex problem-solving, coding, and general knowledge, making it suitable for high-throughput scenarios where reliability and strong reasoning are paramount, despite its premium cost and moderate speed.