Head to head

GPT-5 nano vs GPT-4.1 nano

On a blended workload of one million input tokens and three million output tokens, GPT-5 nano is 1.0× cheaper than GPT-4.1 nano.

GPT-5 nanoGPT-4.1 nano
Provider OpenAI OpenAI
Input / MTok $0.05 $0.1
Output / MTok $0.4 $0.4
Cache read / MTok $0.005 $0.025
Context window 1,047,576
Blended 1M in + 3M out $1.25 $1.30
Status ga ga

GPT-5 nano detail   GPT-4.1 nano detail