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GPT-4.1 nano vs Grok-2

GPT-4.1 nano · OpenAI, released 2025-04-14
Grok-2 · xAI, released 2024-12-12

“Epoch AI, 'AI Benchmarking Hub'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/benchmarks' [online resource].” · epoch.ai/benchmarks · Licensed CC BY 4.0 · data last verified 2026-07-26 · Methodology · Data Sources

Head-to-head

Measured on 5 of 9 tracked benchmarks for both models — GPT-4.1 nano leads on 4, Grok-2 leads on 1.

Benchmark	GPT-4.1 nano	Grok-2	Leads
Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI)	130.9	130.8	GPT-4.1 nano
SWE-bench Verified	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
GPQA Diamond	0.489	0.538	Grok-2
MATH Level 5	0.700	0.635	GPT-4.1 nano
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.289	0.115	GPT-4.1 nano
FrontierMath	0.010	0.007	GPT-4.1 nano
FrontierMath Tier 4	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
SimpleQA Verified	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both
Chess Puzzles	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured on both

Benchmark results measure specific tasks and should not be treated as a universal measure of model quality. A model with no row here for a benchmark has not been measured on it — that is left blank, never estimated.

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