Observed Signal · Apr 15, 2025 · Technical Release · Source: OnlineMarketing.de · Impact: 5/5 · Sentiment: Positive
OpenAI Launches GPT-4.1 Series
OpenAI released the GPT-4.1 family, comprising GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, as a major upgrade over GPT-4o. The trio delivers larger context windows (up to 1,000,000 tokens), improved instruction-following, and a more favorable price-performance balance for developers, tool builders, and enterprises. Internal tests show GPT-4.1 achieving 49% accuracy on complex instructions, compared with 29% for GPT-4o. The models also enable longer outputs (up to 32,768 tokens) and demonstrate strong coding and data-processing capabilities, with image processing benchmarks outperforming GPT-4o mini. Pricing per 1 million tokens varies by model (nano: input $0.10, cached input $0.25, output $0.40; mini: input $0.40, cached input $0.10, output $1.60). OpenAI offers discounts of 75% on cached inputs and 50% via Batch API. The update will deprecate GPT-4.5 Preview on July 14, 2025 and introduces OpenAI MRCR for long-context evaluation.
OpenAI GPT-4.1 series release with large context, cost improvements, and widespread industry impact
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- GPT-4.1 family includes GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano.
- All three models support up to 1,000,000 tokens of context.
- Instruction-following accuracy: 49% for GPT-4.1 vs 29% for GPT-4o.
- Pricing per 1M tokens: GPT-4.1 nano input $0.10; cached input $0.25; output $0.40; GPT-4.1 mini input $0.40; cached input $0.10; output $1.60; 75% discount on cached inputs; Batch API 50% discount.
- GPT-4.5 Preview will be deprecated on July 14, 2025; GPT-4.1 replaces it.
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