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GPT 5.4 Mini
by OpenAI
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RANKED #132 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #171 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.2 · 1,348 VOICES ·
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GPT-5.4 mini brings the core capabilities of GPT-5.4 to a faster, more efficient model optimized for high-throughput workloads. It supports text and image inputs with strong performance across reasoning, coding,...
HAPPY7.2
72 mentions
SAD7.8
106 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 1,298 voices in this window
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
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 5.4 Mini is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.6
Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaPick for a capable multimodal coding model you can run privately on consumer hardware.🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE🪶 RUNS ON LESS💻 STRONG AT CODE21.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.9
GLM 5.3 FlashZhipuPick for top tier multimodal coding and agent reasoning at a fraction of the cost.💸 COST EFFICIENT💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY12.9k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.2
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekPick for efficient multimodal vision understanding and open weight agent workflows.💸 COST EFFICIENT💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with GPT 5.4 Mini right now. Biggest gripe: working when you need it.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (2 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (7 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (4 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (4 mentions)
- People find it expensive (2 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- PriceMIXED FEELINGS
2 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2025-07-24 · 984 UPVOTESOpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
- REDDIT · 2025-07-26 · 893 UPVOTESOpenAI are now stealth routing all o3 requests to GPT-5
OpenAI are now stealth routing all o3 requests to GPT-5
- REDDIT · 2025-05-05 · 424 UPVOTESRohan Pandey (just departed from OAI) confirms GPT-5 has been trained as well as “future models” in his bio
Rohan Pandey (just departed from OAI) confirms GPT-5 has been trained as well as “future models” in his bio
- REDDIT · 2025-07-28 · 329 UPVOTESQuote from The Information's July 25 article about GPT-5: 'For what it’s worth, OpenAI executives have told investors that they believe the…
Quote from The Information's July 25 article about GPT-5: 'For what it’s worth, OpenAI executives have told investors that they believe the company can reach “GPT-8” by using the current structures powering its models, more or less, according to an investor.'
- REDDIT · 2025-06-29 · 254 UPVOTESThis is your daily reminder that GPT-5 is NOT a router its a unified single model confirmed by like 50 people at OpenAI
This is your daily reminder that GPT-5 is NOT a router its a unified single model confirmed by like 50 people at OpenAI
- REDDIT · 2026-04-09 · 249 UPVOTESHow I use Cursor 10+ hours a day without torching my Claude Opus 4.6 limits
How I use Cursor 10+ hours a day without torching my Claude Opus 4.6 limits
- HACKER NEWS · 2026-03-17 · 248 UPVOTESGPT‑5.4 Mini and Nano
GPT‑5.4 Mini and Nano
- REDDIT · 2026-03-17 · 237 UPVOTESIntroducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano
Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano
- REDDIT · 2026-03-17 · 225 UPVOTESBREAKING: OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.4 mini and nano
BREAKING: OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.4 mini and nano
- REDDIT · 2026-03-17 · 209 UPVOTESOpenAI releases mini and nano variants of GPT 5.4
OpenAI releases mini and nano variants of GPT 5.4
- REDDIT · 2025-08-09 · 206 UPVOTESGPT-5 is the first LLM to ever nail my test. It wasn't even close before. This is nuts
GPT-5 is the first LLM to ever nail my test. It wasn't even close before. This is nuts
- REDDIT · 2025-07-16 · 178 UPVOTESWhy are we not getting any leaked GPT-5 news?
Why are we not getting any leaked GPT-5 news?