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Reasoning · 1 checks · max 800 tokens · benched 2026-09-16

GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.4 Nano vs GPT-5.3-Codex on count sellable units

OpenAI models side by side on "Count sellable units": GPT-5.4 Nano scores 10/10; GPT-5.4 Nano is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.10 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.

The prompt every model received

System

Think carefully, then give only the final answer in the requested format.

User

A warehouse receives 3 pallets. Each pallet holds 48 boxes and each box holds 12 units. On inspection, 15% of the boxes are damaged; round the number of damaged boxes down to a whole box. The damaged boxes are discarded. Then 7 undamaged boxes are sent to the quality lab and are not sold. How many units are left to sell? Reply with only the number.

Rubric for the judge: The single correct answer 1392 (144 boxes, 21 damaged, 7 to the lab, 116 x 12).

Side by side

Every cell is one OpenRouter call at temperature 0 with the prompt's token cap and reasoning effort "low" where the model supports it. Cost is usage × the catalogue rate in models.json. Quality is one judge call to anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 against the prompt's rubric, cached per prompt version.

GPT-5.5

openai/gpt-5.5

10/10
Latency
376ms
Cost
$0.00242
Per 1,000
$2.42

106 in · 63 out (55 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
1392

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 1392 units exactly, provided in the required format of a bare number only.

GPT-5.4

openai/gpt-5.4

10/10
Latency
381ms
Cost
$0.00128
Per 1,000
$1.28

106 in · 68 out (60 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
1392

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 1392 units exactly, provided in the required format of a bare number only.

GPT-5.4 mini

openai/gpt-5.4-mini

10/10
Latency
374ms
Cost
$0.00038
Per 1,000
$0.38

106 in · 68 out (60 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
1392

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 1392 units exactly, provided in the required format of a bare number only.

GPT-5.4 Nano

openai/gpt-5.4-nano

10/10
top judge scorecheapest scoring 8+
Latency
347ms
Cost
$0.00010
Per 1,000
$0.10

106 in · 63 out (55 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
1392

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 1392 units exactly, provided in the required format of a bare number only.

GPT-5.3-Codex

openai/gpt-5.3-codex

10/10
Latency
347ms
Cost
$0.00129
Per 1,000
$1.29

106 in · 79 out (71 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
1392

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 1392 units exactly, provided in the required format of a bare number only.

Frequently asked

What does this prompt test?

Reasoning: The single correct answer 1392 (144 boxes, 21 damaged, 7 to the lab, 116 x 12). The deterministic checks are exact.

Which model should I pick for this task?

If the judge's bar of 8/10 is good enough for you, GPT-5.4 Nano at $0.10 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, GPT-5.4 Nano at $0.10 per 1,000 runs.

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