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Tool call · 5 checks · max 400 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 emit a weather tool call

OpenAI models side by side on "Emit a weather tool call": GPT-5.4 Nano scores 10/10; GPT-5.4 Nano is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.05 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.

The prompt every model received

System

You are a function-calling engine. Reply with JSON only, no prose, no code fences.

User

You have one tool:
{"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"city": "string", "unit": "one of 'c' or 'f'"}}

Produce the tool call for this user message as a JSON object of the shape {"name": string, "arguments": object}.

User: What's it like in Lisbon right now? Fahrenheit please.

Rubric for the judge: Exactly {"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}} with no extra keys or text.

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
958ms
Cost
$0.00115
Per 1,000
$1.16

105 in · 21 out · 1 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra keys or text.

GPT-5.4

openai/gpt-5.4

10/10
Latency
523ms
Cost
$0.00079
Per 1,000
$0.79

105 in · 35 out (12 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra keys or text.

GPT-5.4 mini

openai/gpt-5.4-mini

10/10
Latency
533ms
Cost
$0.00023
Per 1,000
$0.23

105 in · 34 out (11 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra keys or text.

GPT-5.4 Nano

openai/gpt-5.4-nano

10/10
top judge scorecheapest scoring 8+
Latency
242ms
Cost
$4.7e-5
Per 1,000
$0.05

105 in · 21 out · 1 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra keys or text.

GPT-5.3-Codex

openai/gpt-5.3-codex

10/10
Latency
440ms
Cost
$0.00074
Per 1,000
$0.74

105 in · 40 out (17 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 5/5

  • json_valid
  • json_keys
  • regex
  • regex
  • regex
{"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}}

Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, and no extra keys or text.

Frequently asked

What does this prompt test?

Tool call: Exactly {"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}} with no extra keys or text. The deterministic checks are json_valid, json_keys, regex, regex, regex.

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 $0.05 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, GPT-5.4 Nano at $0.05 per 1,000 runs.

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