Compare/Sarvam 30B (high) vs GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Sarvam 30B (high)vsGPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

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

Sarvam

Sarvam 30B (high)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
175 tok/s
TTFT
1.21s
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
Sarvam 30B (high)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Lower Latency
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Benchmarks (2-5)
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricSarvam 30B (high)GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.75
Output ($/M tokens)$0$4.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Sarvam 30B (high)$0.00
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)$1.20

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Sarvam 30B (high)
175 tok/s
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
202 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Sarvam 30B (high)
1.21s
GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)
0.45s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
12.323.3
Coding Index
7.925.3
Math Index
GPQA Diamond
63.3%60.6%
MMLU-Pro
LiveCodeBench
AIME 2025
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
7.0%5.7%
SciCode
19.2%39.6%
IFBench
26.5%38.8%
TerminalBench
2.3%18.2%
Sarvam 30B (high)2 wins
5 winsGPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Sarvam 30B (high) or GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)?

Sarvam 30B (high) 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?

GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) wins 5 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Sarvam 30B (high). 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 175 tok/s. However, GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) has lower time-to-first-token (0.45s vs 1.21s).

When should I use Sarvam 30B (high) vs GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning)?

Choose based on your priorities: Sarvam 30B (high) for lower cost, GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.4 mini (Non-Reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.