Head-to-Head Model Comparison

GPT-5.1 Codex vs GPT-5.1 Codex mini

Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison

Verificato dal team di ricerca di GetInfoUsUltima verifica: October 2026Politica editoriale

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OpenAI

GPT-5.1 Codex

Modello Ammiraglia di Frontiera

GPT-5.1 Codex di OpenAI è un modello di IA progettato per il ragionamento aziendale di frontiera, la programmazione avanzata e i carichi di produzione, con finestra di contesto da 400K, velocità di 125 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 61/

Intelligence Index61 / 100

Input Token:

$1.25 / 1M

Output Token:

$10.00 / 1M

Context Window:

400K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

76.1%

OpenAI

GPT-5.1 Codex mini

Modello Leggero ed Economico

GPT-5.1 Codex mini di OpenAI è un modello di IA progettato per la massima efficienza dei costi per token e l’inferenza rapida in produzione, con finestra di contesto da 400K, velocità di 180 token/s, indice di intelligenza di 47/100 e tarif

Intelligence Index47 / 100

Input Token:

$0.25 / 1M

Output Token:

$2.00 / 1M

Context Window:

400K tokens

SWE-bench Verified:

55.5%

Differenze Chiave a Colpo d’Occhio

GPT-5.1 Codex mini is 5.0x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
GPT-5.1 Codex mini is faster at 180 tok/s vs 125 tok/s.
GPT-5.1 Codex leads on SWE-bench coding (76.1% vs 55.5%).

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Feature	GPT-5.1 Codex	GPT-5.1 Codex mini
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100)	61	47
Provider	OpenAI	OpenAI
Input Price Cost per million input tokens	$1.25 / 1M	$0.25 / 1M
Output Price Cost per million output tokens	$10.00 / 1M	$2.00 / 1M
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M	$1.34 / 1M	$0.27 / 1M
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens	400K tokens~600 A4 pages of text	400K tokens~600 A4 pages of text
Max Output Tokens Per single request	128K	128K
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second	125 tok/s	180 tok/s
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering	76.1%	55.5%
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning	78.5%	66.5%
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens	$0.13 / 1M	$0.03 / 1M

Chi vince in ogni categoria?

At-a-glance decision framework

Coding

GPT-5.1 Codex

+20.6% SWE-bench lead

Cost

GPT-5.1 Codex mini

5.0x cheaper monthly runtime

Speed

GPT-5.1 Codex mini

+44% faster generation

Context

Tied

400K tokens window

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.

GPT-5.1 CodexGPT-5.1 Codex mini

SWE-bench Verified (Autonomous Coding)

Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.

76.1%vs55.5%

GPQA Diamond (Doctorate-Level Science & Math)

Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.

78.5%vs66.5%

MMLU-Pro (Multi-task Language Understanding)

Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.

86.5%vs79%

LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo

Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.

1372ptsvs1320pts

Humanity's Last Exam (Frontier Expert Knowledge)

Extremely difficult, closed-ended questions spanning the frontier of human expert knowledge.

12.6%vs9.4%

Terminal-Bench (Agentic Coding & Terminal Use)

Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.

52%vs32%

SciCode (Scientific Computing)

Research-grade coding problems drawn from real scientific and numerical workloads.

46.5%vs33%

LiveCodeBench (Competitive Coding)

Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.

74%vs58%

AIME (Advanced Math Competition)

American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.

91.8%vs84.5%

Long-Context Reasoning

Accuracy when reasoning over very large inputs that fill the model context window.

78.5%vs69%

Generation Speed (Throughput)

Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.

125 tok/s vs180 tok/s

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.

Time to First Token (TTFT)Lower is better

GPT-5.1 Codex1.20s

GPT-5.1 Codex mini0.72s

Est. End-to-End Response (500 tokens)TTFT + generation time

GPT-5.1 Codex5.20s

GPT-5.1 Codex mini3.50s

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

Adjust sliders to calculate projected monthly cloud API spending with prompt caching discounts.

Daily Input Tokens100K / day

10K500K1M

Daily Output Tokens30K / day

5K150K300K

Prompt Cache Hit Ratio50% cached

0% (Cold)50%90% (Warm)

GPT-5.1 Codex Monthly API Bill

$11.06 / month

$1.25/1M in · $10/1M out

GPT-5.1 Codex mini Monthly API Bill

$2.21 / month

$0.25/1M in · $2/1M out

GPT-5.1 Codex mini saves approximately $8.85 / month (80%) under this workload.5.0x Savings

GPT-5.1 Codex · Strengths & Key Advantages

Finestra di contesto da 400K con capacità massima di output fino a 128K token (SWE-bench Verified 76.1% · GPQA Diamond 78.5%)
Throughput elevato di 125 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 1200 ms
Economia API competitiva ($1.25/$10 per 1M di token) con supporto per prompt caching, tool calling e output JSON strutturati

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modello cloud proprietario chiuso; non consente il download locale dei pesi per l’esecuzione offline
Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

GPT-5.1 Codex mini · Strengths & Key Advantages

Finestra di contesto da 400K con capacità massima di output fino a 128K token (SWE-bench Verified 55.5% · GPQA Diamond 66.5%)
Throughput elevato di 180 token/secondo con latenza al primo token (TTFT) di soli 720 ms
Economia API competitiva ($0.25/$2 per 1M di token) con supporto per prompt caching, tool calling e output JSON strutturati

Considerations & Trade-offs

Modello cloud proprietario chiuso; non consente il download locale dei pesi per l’esecuzione offline
Nelle dimostrazioni scientifiche più estreme, i modelli di ragionamento pesante dedicati offrono maggiore profondità

Token Use & Task Economics

Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.

Metric	GPT-5.1 Codex	GPT-5.1 Codex mini
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task	$1.65	$0.33
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task	58K	48K
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task	33K	23K

Specifiche Tecniche

Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.

Feature	GPT-5.1 Codex	GPT-5.1 Codex mini
Official API Model ID (SDK)	gpt-5-1-codex	gpt-5-1-codex-mini
API Protocol	OpenAI Responses API & Chat Completions v1	OpenAI Responses API & Chat Completions v1
Release Date	2025-11	2025-11
Knowledge Cutoff	October 2024	October 2024
Architecture	Code-specialised unified reasoning model	Compact code-specialised reasoning model
Parameters	Confidential	Confidential
Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM)	10,000 – 30,000 RPM (Tier 5 Enterprise) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM	10,000 – 30,000 RPM (Tier 5 Enterprise) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM
Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K)	Flat rate ($1.25/1M in) across full 400K window	Flat rate ($0.25/1M in) across full 400K window
Prompt Cache Policy & TTL	Automatic prefix caching at $0.125/1M (no extra cache-write fee)	Automatic prefix caching at $0.025/1M (no extra cache-write fee)
Computer Use / GUI Agent	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)	Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops)
MCP & Parallel Tool Calling	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema	Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & Sandbox	Native Web Search tool + Hosted Code Interpreter & File Search RAG	Native Web Search tool + Hosted Code Interpreter & File Search RAG
Official Fine-Tuning Support	Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Direct Preference (DPO) & Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT)	Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Direct Preference (DPO) & Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT)
Multimodal Token Billing	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)	Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)
Quantization & Min GPU VRAM	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)	Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
Safety & Frontier Classification	OpenAI Preparedness Framework Audited & System Card Published	OpenAI Preparedness Framework Audited & System Card Published
Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2)	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier	SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Input Modalities	text, vision	text, vision
Output Modalities	text	text

GPT-5.1 Codex vs GPT-5.1 Codex mini: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)

Which is more intelligent, GPT-5.1 Codex or GPT-5.1 Codex mini?

GPT-5.1 Codex is more intelligent. It scores 61 compared with 47 on the composite Intelligence Index.

Which model is faster?

GPT-5.1 Codex mini is faster, generating 180 tokens per second compared with 125 tokens per second.

Which model is cheaper to run?

GPT-5.1 Codex mini is cheaper at $0.27 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $1.34 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).

Which model has lower latency?

GPT-5.1 Codex mini has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.72s compared with 1.20s.

Verdetto

Sia GPT-5.1 Codex (Ideale per il ragionamento aziendale di frontiera, la programmazione avanzata e i carichi di produzione, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) sia GPT-5.1 Codex mini (Ideale per la massima efficienza dei costi per token e l’inferenza rapida in produzione, sistemi RAG aziendali e integrazioni API scalabili.) eccellono in produzione: GPT-5.1 Codex guida nei benchmark di ragionamento e programmazione, GPT-5.1 Codex mini garantisce una generazione più rapida e GPT-5.1 Codex mini offre il miglior rapporto qualità-prezzo per carichi API elevati.

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

Quale modello è migliore per coding e ragionamento, GPT-5.1 Codex o GPT-5.1 Codex mini?+

Nell’indice di intelligenza composito e nei benchmark di programmazione prevale GPT-5.1 Codex. Consulta i punteggi SWE-bench e GPQA qui sopra per tutti i dettagli.

Qual è la differenza di prezzo API tra GPT-5.1 Codex e GPT-5.1 Codex mini?+

GPT-5.1 Codex costa $1.25 / $10.00 per milione di token di input/output, mentre GPT-5.1 Codex mini costa $0.25 / $2.00. Nel costo combinato, GPT-5.1 Codex mini risulta più economico.

Quale modello ha la finestra di contesto più ampia e la velocità maggiore?+

GPT-5.1 Codex supporta 400K token di contesto contro 400K token di GPT-5.1 Codex mini, mentre GPT-5.1 Codex mini offre una velocità di generazione superiore.

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GPT-5.1 Codex vs GPT-5.1 Codex mini

Cambia e Confronta Qualsiasi Modello

GPT-5.1 Codex

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Chi vince in ogni categoria?

Punteggi Benchmark Verificati

Latenza e Tempo di Risposta

Simulatore Interattivo dei Costi Token

GPT-5.1 Codex · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

GPT-5.1 Codex mini · Strengths & Key Advantages

Considerations & Trade-offs

Token Use & Task Economics

Specifiche Tecniche

GPT-5.1 Codex vs GPT-5.1 Codex mini: Risposte Rapide (FAQ)

Verdetto

Domande Frequenti (FAQ)

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