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GPT 4.1 Mini
by OpenAI
CLOSEDHOSTEDAPILONG CONTEXTPAID
RANKED #141 OF 318 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #185 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.1 · 431 VOICES ·
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GPT-4.1 Mini is a mid-sized model delivering performance competitive with GPT-4o at substantially lower latency and cost. It retains a 1 million token context window and scores 45.1% on hard...
HAPPY7.2
37 mentions
SAD7.8
35 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 334 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
GPT 4.1 Mini is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.4
Qwen3.8 FlashAlibabaFast and capable multimodal model delivering top tier coding and everyday vision tasks.💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST💻 STRONG AT CODE8.3k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.3Dots3 NoteXiaohongshuVersatile open multimodal MoE handling rich vision and complex everyday workflows.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE2.9k VOICESMATCH★★★
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekCost effective vision MoE matching quick reasoning and general daily image tasks.💸 COST EFFICIENT🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY❤️ CROWD FAVORITE5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with GPT 4.1 Mini right now. Biggest praise: getting facts right. Biggest gripe: working when you need it.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Usually gives correct answers (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (6 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightMOSTLY POSITIVE
2 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 1230 UPVOTESChatGPT is officially retiring GPT-4o (and GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini) on Feb 13th
ChatGPT is officially retiring GPT-4o (and GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini) on Feb 13th
- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 370 UPVOTES[ChatGPT] Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini
[ChatGPT] Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini
- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 335 UPVOTESOpenAI will retire GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini from ChatGPT on February 13
OpenAI will retire GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini from ChatGPT on February 13
- REDDIT · 2025-04-11 · 270 UPVOTESModel page arts have been discovered for upcoming model announcements on the OpenAI website, including GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, and…
Model page arts have been discovered for upcoming model announcements on the OpenAI website, including GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, and GPT-4.1-nano
- REDDIT · 2025-04-11 · 211 UPVOTESModel page artworks have been discovered for upcoming model announcements on the OpenAI website, including GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, and…
Model page artworks have been discovered for upcoming model announcements on the OpenAI website, including GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, and GPT-4.1-nano
- REDDIT · 2026-01-29 · 140 UPVOTESOfficial: Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
Official: Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
- REDDIT · 2025-04-27 · 69 UPVOTESEpoch AI has released FrontierMath benchmark results for o3 and o4-mini using both low and medium reasoning effort. High reasoning effort…
Epoch AI has released FrontierMath benchmark results for o3 and o4-mini using both low and medium reasoning effort. High reasoning effort FrontierMath results for these two models are also shown but they were released previously.
- REDDIT · 2025-04-24 · 60 UPVOTESI just found out about Context7 MCP Server and it's awesome!
I just found out about Context7 MCP Server and it's awesome!
- REDDIT · 2025-04-19 · 53 UPVOTESArtificial Analysis has released o4-mini, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano test results for 8 benchmarks
Artificial Analysis has released o4-mini, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano test results for 8 benchmarks
- REDDIT · 2025-04-24 · 40 UPVOTESOpenAI-MRCR results for Grok 3 compared to others
OpenAI-MRCR results for Grok 3 compared to others
- REDDIT · 2025-07-16 · 36 UPVOTESWe made GPT-4.1-mini beat 4.1 at the game of Tic-Tac-Toe using dynamic context
We made GPT-4.1-mini beat 4.1 at the game of Tic-Tac-Toe using dynamic context
- DEV FORUMS · 2026-09-01 · 1 UPVOTESBatch API Outage - /v1/responses cannot access valid purpose=batch input_file_id
Batch API Outage - /v1/responses cannot access valid purpose=batch input_file_id