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GPT-5.4

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Verdict

GPT-5.4 is a solid mid-pack model: #98 of 406 by SIscope score. Strongest at following instructions, weaker at coding. On the pricey side: costs more than 84% of priced models.

SIscope score
67
#98 of 406
Human-vote rank
#48
of 419 · score 1453
Price per 1M tokens, blended
$5.63
$2.5 in · $15 out
Context window
1.1M
1,050,000 tokens

Shape

Each spoke is a category, 0 at the centre, 100 at the edge.

CodingAgentsno data yetReasoningMathChatInstructions

Category scores

Percentiles: 90 means better than about 90% of tested models.

Coding61
Agents & toolsNo data yet–
Reasoning & knowledge68
Math62
Chat quality89
Following instructions89

What goes into each category · Compare with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

Human-vote score over time

Text arena, recent updates.

144514531460Oct 20: 1452.2 (rank #48)Oct 22: 1452.3 (rank #47)Oct 28: 1452.5 (rank #48)Oct 20Oct 28

Coding votes over time

WebDev arena, recent updates.

139514031410Oct 16: 1402.1 (rank #91)Oct 18: 1401.2 (rank #93)Oct 19: 1400.5 (rank #96)Oct 22: 1400.4 (rank #96)Oct 23: 1400.6 (rank #97)Oct 27: 1401.4 (rank #98)Oct 28: 1401.1 (rank #98)Oct 16Oct 28

Independent test runs

Run by Epoch AI on the same harness for every model. Bars show the share of questions answered correctly.

GPQA Diamond75%
PhD-level science multiple choice questions
Better than 48% of 333 tested models. Run Jul 15, 2026.
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2558%
Competition maths problems in the style of AIME
Better than 39% of 313 tested models. Run Jul 15, 2026.

Human-vote arenas

People compare two anonymous answers and pick the better one. Scores work like chess ratings.

ArenaRankScoreRange (95%)VotesUpdated
Text arena
Everyday chat, blind human votes
#48 of 41914531449–145667,856Oct 28, 2026
WebDev arena
Building web apps, blind human votes
#98 of 15214011391–14114,499Oct 28, 2026
Vision arena
Questions about images, blind human votes
#27 of 16712921286–129922,804Oct 19, 2026
Agent arena
Real multi-step agent sessions
Not on this board yet

Source: Arena (formerly LMArena) leaderboard dataset, CC BY 4.0. Fetched Nov 4, 2026.

Price

Input
$2.5
per 1M tokens
Output
$15
per 1M tokens
Blended
$5.63
3 in : 1 out, per 1M
Context window
1.1M
max tokens per request
Speed
Coming soon
our own tests

List price from the OpenRouter models API (openai/gpt-5.4), Nov 4, 2026. Providers can charge differently.