Compare/INTELLECT-3 vs GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

INTELLECT-3vsGPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

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

Prime Intellect

INTELLECT-3

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

GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Input
$0.75/M
Output
$4.5/M
Speed
202 tok/s
TTFT
0.45s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
INTELLECT-3
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Lower Latency
INTELLECT-3
Benchmarks (6-5)
INTELLECT-3

Pricing Comparison

MetricINTELLECT-3GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.75
Output ($/M tokens)$0$4.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
INTELLECT-3$0.00
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)$1.20

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
INTELLECT-3
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
202 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
INTELLECT-3
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
0.45s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
22.223.3
Coding Index
19.125.3
Math Index
88.0
GPQA Diamond
76.1%60.6%
MMLU-Pro
82.2%
LiveCodeBench
77.7%
AIME 2025
88.0%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
12.1%5.7%
SciCode
39.1%39.6%
IFBench
34.0%38.8%
TerminalBench
9.1%18.2%
INTELLECT-36 wins
5 winsGPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, INTELLECT-3 or GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)?

INTELLECT-3 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 (Non-Reasoning).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

INTELLECT-3 wins 6 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) generates tokens faster at 202 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. INTELLECT-3 also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.45s).

When should I use INTELLECT-3 vs GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)?

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