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A lab-level profile for OpenAI, covering tracked models, category leaders, open/proprietary mix, speed, value, source coverage, and portfolio depth.
Lab rank
#8
By available Arena average
Models tracked
45
0 open-weight models
Portfolio coverage
30%
Average matched benchmark signals
Fastest model
0.54s
GPT 4o 2024 08 06
Lab profile
The lab page now starts with the portfolio read, then drills into category leaders, value rankings, and model-level coverage rather than repeating source panels.
Portfolio read
The portfolio combines 45 proprietary models and 0 open-weight models. Its average available Arena rank is 39.4, with a best category rank of #1. Average profile coverage is 30%, so model-level gaps remain visible in the cards below.
Best Arena model
GPT-5.5 Search
Best category rank #1
Highest coverage
GPT-5.5 High
67% matched signals
Fastest response
GPT 4o 2024 08 06
0.54s first token
Category leaders
Each card shows the highest-ranked model from this lab in a composite benchmark suite, with the global rank and index left intact.
Value
Quality, price, latency, and speed
GPT-5.5 Instant
value index
Coding
Code Arena, SWE-bench, and output speed
GPT-5.5 xHigh
coding index
Agents
Search, document, code, and latency
GPT-5.5 Search
agent proxy
Reasoning
Text, document, vision, and mode signals
GPT-5.5 High
reasoning proxy
Context
Document, search, and text proxy
GPT-5.5 Search
context proxy
Models from this lab with both quality and commercial price matches.
Top 12 of 18
| Rank | Model | Index | Price | Latency | Speed | Quality | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #11 | 73value index | $11.25blended / 1M tokens | Not listedtime to first token | Not listedoutput speed | 77quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #19 | 71value index | $11.25blended / 1M tokens | 17.1stime to first token | 59 tok/soutput speed | 82quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #21 | 70value index | $11.25blended / 1M tokens | 0.88stime to first token | 49 tok/soutput speed | 79quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #22 | 69value index | $1.69blended / 1M tokens | 10.2stime to first token | 165 tok/soutput speed | 61quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #26 | 67value index | $3.44blended / 1M tokens | 47.4stime to first token | 86 tok/soutput speed | 64quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #30 | 66value index | $0.463blended / 1M tokens | 3.81stime to first token | 160 tok/soutput speed | 52quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #35 | 63value index | $4.81blended / 1M tokens | Not listedtime to first token | Not listedoutput speed | 51quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #36 | 63value index | $3.44blended / 1M tokens | 5.17stime to first token | 189 tok/soutput speed | 50quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #40 | 62value index | $4.81blended / 1M tokens | 69.7stime to first token | 73 tok/soutput speed | 59quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #42 | 62value index | $3.44blended / 1M tokens | 0.67stime to first token | 107 tok/soutput speed | 49quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #44 | 61value index | $4.81blended / 1M tokens | 1.58stime to first token | 109 tok/soutput speed | 51quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis | |
| #48 | 60value index | $0.688blended / 1M tokens | 17.1stime to first token | 89 tok/soutput speed | 44quality signal | ArenaArtificial Analysis |
Model portfolio
Every tracked model keeps its best Arena rank, coverage score, commercial metrics, and suite placement visible in one scannable grid.
GPT-5.5 Search
gpt-5.5-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#1
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.5
gpt-5.5
Coverage
67%
Best Arena
#7
Vision
Value
#21
value index
Coding
#36
coding index
Latency
0.88s
49 tok/s
GPT-5.5 High
gpt-5.5-high
Coverage
67%
Best Arena
#8
Text
Value
#19
value index
Coding
#23
coding index
Latency
17.1s
59 tok/s
GPT-5.2 Chat Latest 20260210
gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#8
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.4 High
gpt-5.4-high
Coverage
33%
Best Arena
#9
Text
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
#13
coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.4 Search
gpt-5.4-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#9
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.5 xHigh
gpt-5.5-xhigh (codex-harness)
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#11
Code
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
#4
coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.5 Instant
gpt-5.5-instant
Coverage
33%
Best Arena
#13
Vision
Value
#11
value index
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.4
gpt-5.4
Coverage
67%
Best Arena
#15
Vision
Value
#49
value index
Coding
#50
coding index
Latency
202.6s
80 tok/s
O3 Search
o3-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#15
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.1 Search
gpt-5.1-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#16
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5 Search
gpt-5-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#17
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.4 Mini High
gpt-5.4-mini-high
Coverage
67%
Best Arena
#20
Vision
Value
#22
value index
Coding
#45
coding index
Latency
10.2s
165 tok/s
GPT-5.2 Search
gpt-5.2-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#20
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.1 High
gpt-5.1-high
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#22
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.2 Search Non Reasoning
gpt-5.2-search-non-reasoning
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#25
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.4 Medium
gpt-5.4-medium (codex-harness)
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#25
Code
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
#19
coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.2 High
gpt-5.2-high
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#28
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
Api GPT 4o Search
api-gpt-4o-search
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#28
Search
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
ChatGPT 4o Latest 20250326
chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#30
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.2
gpt-5.2
Coverage
56%
Best Arena
#32
Code
Value
#35
value index
Coding
#11
coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.1
gpt-5.1
Coverage
67%
Best Arena
#34
Vision
Value
#42
value index
Coding
#62
coding index
Latency
0.67s
107 tok/s
GPT-5 Medium
gpt-5-medium
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#36
Code
Value
#26
value index
Coding
#48
coding index
Latency
47.4s
86 tok/s
GPT-4.5 Preview 2025 02 27
gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#38
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.1 Medium
gpt-5.1-medium
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#39
Code
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
#34
coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5 Chat
gpt-5-chat
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#40
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
O3 2025 04 16
o3-2025-04-16
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#44
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.3 Chat Latest
gpt-5.3-chat-latest
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#44
Text
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-4.1 2025 04 14
gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
Coverage
22%
Best Arena
#46
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.3 Codex
gpt-5.3-codex (codex-harness)
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#48
Code
Value
#40
value index
Coding
#59
coding index
Latency
69.7s
73 tok/s
GPT-5 High
gpt-5-high
Coverage
56%
Best Arena
#49
Vision
Value
#52
value index
Coding
#80
coding index
Latency
0.56s
166 tok/s
GPT-4.1 Mini 2025 04 14
gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#52
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
O4 Mini 2025 04 16
o4-mini-2025-04-16
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#53
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.4 Nano High
gpt-5.4-nano-high
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#54
Vision
Value
#30
value index
Coding
#82
coding index
Latency
3.81s
160 tok/s
O1 2024 12 17
o1-2024-12-17
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#56
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-5.2 Codex
gpt-5.2-codex
Coverage
56%
Best Arena
#57
Code
Value
#44
value index
Coding
#31
coding index
Latency
1.58s
109 tok/s
GPT-5.1 Codex
gpt-5.1-codex
Coverage
56%
Best Arena
#60
Code
Value
#36
value index
Coding
#41
coding index
Latency
5.17s
189 tok/s
GPT-5 Mini High
gpt-5-mini-high
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#63
Vision
Value
#48
value index
Coding
#89
coding index
Latency
17.1s
89 tok/s
GPT 4o 2024 05 13
gpt-4o-2024-05-13
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#70
Vision
Value
#70
value index
Coding
#87
coding index
Latency
0.55s
94 tok/s
GPT-5.1 Codex Mini
gpt-5.1-codex-mini
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#70
Code
Value
#59
value index
Coding
#75
coding index
Latency
5.02s
211 tok/s
GPT-5 Nano High
gpt-5-nano-high
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#79
Vision
Value
#73
value index
Coding
#83
coding index
Latency
92.8s
155 tok/s
GPT 4o 2024 08 06
gpt-4o-2024-08-06
Coverage
44%
Best Arena
#93
Vision
Value
#78
value index
Coding
#88
coding index
Latency
0.54s
90 tok/s
GPT-4 Turbo 2024 04 09
gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#94
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT 4o Mini 2024 07 18
gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#96
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed
GPT-4.1 Nano 2025 04 14
gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14
Coverage
11%
Best Arena
#98
Vision
Value
Not listed
No price match
Coding
Not listed
No coding index
Latency
Not listed
Not listed