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GPT-4.1 nano

Tiny GPT-4.1 option for classification, routing, and very high-volume tasks

gpt-4.1-nano
Type
Text
Quality
41 · Top 59% on the Epoch Capabilities Index
Context window
1,047,576 tokens
Max output
32,768 tokens
Input price
$0.10 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.40 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.025 / 1M tokens
Cache write
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Released
Apr 14, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
Apr 2024
Takes in
Text, Image
Puts out
Text
Reasoning
No
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
File attachments
Yes
Access
Paid
License
Proprietary
Rarity
Common
Set number
543/1044
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Weights aren’t public. Use is governed by OpenAI’s terms. Specs from models.dev, last changed Oct 19, 2026. Official source: platform.openai.com.

How good is it?

Public leaderboard scores for GPT-4.1 nano, refreshed daily from Epoch AI and LMArena.

Top 59% of the 277 models on the Epoch Capabilities Index: #164.

Quality is the share of a leaderboard’s models this one beats, from 0 to 100. Chat models are rated on Epoch AI’s Capabilities Index when it lists them, otherwise on LMArena; image and video models on LMArena’s image and video arenas.

Leaderboards

Benchmarks Epoch AI runs

Scores from Epoch AI and LMArena, licensed CC BY 4.0. Boards list models under their own names, so a close match is shown with the name it was scored under. Credits

Where to run it

25 providers sell GPT-4.1 nano through an API. Prices are per million tokens, cheapest first.

API providers

ProviderInputOutputContext
SAP AI CoreCheapest paidgpt-4.1-nano$0.08$0.261.05M
Poeopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.09$0.361.05M
302.AIgpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Abacusgpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Azuregpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Azure Cognitive Servicesgpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Cloudflare AI Gatewayopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401M
DevPass (LLM Gateway)gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401M
Eden AIopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Heliconegpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Show 15 more providers
ProviderInputOutputContext
Impossiblopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Kilo Gatewayopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
LLM Gatewayopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401M
Merge Gatewayopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
NanoGPTopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
NEAR AI Cloudopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
OpenAIOfficialgpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
OpenRouteropenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
OrcaRouteropenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Pioneergpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Prime Inferenceopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Vercel AI Gatewayopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.10$0.401.05M
Cortecsgpt-4.1-nano$0.11$0.431.05M
Requestygpt-4.1-nano@eu$0.11$0.441.05M
AI/ML APIopenai/gpt-4.1-nano$0.13$0.521M

From models.dev and Hugging Face, checked daily. Resellers’ listings can lag behind their price pages, so confirm with the provider before you commit.

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