Compare/Granite 4.1 3B vs GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Granite 4.1 3BvsGPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

IBM

Granite 4.1 3B

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Input
$0.75/M
Output
$4.5/M
Speed
161 tok/s
TTFT
6.02s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Granite 4.1 3B
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
Lower Latency
Granite 4.1 3B
Benchmarks (0-7)
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGranite 4.1 3BGPT-5.4 mini (medium)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.75
Output ($/M tokens)$0$4.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Granite 4.1 3B$0.00
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)$1.20

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Granite 4.1 3B
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
161 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Granite 4.1 3B
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
6.02s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
8.537.7
Coding Index
5.537.5
Math Index
GPQA Diamond
31.4%82.3%
MMLU-Pro
LiveCodeBench
AIME 2025
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
3.4%17.1%
SciCode
11.9%44.2%
IFBench
33.7%64.8%
TerminalBench
2.3%34.1%
Granite 4.1 3B0 wins
7 winsGPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Granite 4.1 3B or GPT-5.4 mini (medium)?

Granite 4.1 3B is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $1.69/M for GPT-5.4 mini (medium).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.4 mini (medium) wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Granite 4.1 3B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 mini (medium) generates tokens faster at 161 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Granite 4.1 3B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 6.02s).

When should I use Granite 4.1 3B vs GPT-5.4 mini (medium)?

Choose based on your priorities: Granite 4.1 3B for lower cost, GPT-5.4 mini (medium) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.4 mini (medium) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.