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🔥 OpenAI Ignites AI Price War: GPT-4.1 Slashes Costs by 75%
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🚀 GPT-4.1 Drops Prices, Challenges Claude & Gemini
OpenAI just launched GPT-4.1, delivering better performance at drastically lower prices—directly targeting Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro.
💡 Key Upgrades:
✅ 1M-token context window (full availability, unlike Grok’s limited API).
✅ 54.6% win rate on SWE-bench (beats Claude 3.7 in real-world coding tests).
✅ 75% caching discount—ideal for iterative coding & chatbots.
💲 GPT-4.1 Pricing vs. Competitors
Model | Input ($/Mtok) | Output ($/Mtok) |
|---|---|---|
GPT-4.1 | $2.00 | $8.00 |
GPT-4.1 mini | $0.40 | $1.60 |
GPT-4.1 nano | $0.10 | $0.40 |
Claude 3.7 Sonnet | $3.00 | $15.00 |
Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1.25−1.25−2.50* | 10.00−10.00−15.00* |
Grok-3 | $3.00 | $15.00 |
Gemini’s costs double beyond 200K tokens*
Why it matters:
OpenAI is undercutting rivals while boosting performance, forcing Claude, Gemini, and Grok to respond.
⚡ Who Wins?
🔹 Startups & devs: Cheaper AI = more experimentation.
🔹 Enterprise teams: Predictable pricing vs. Gemini’s hidden fees.
🔹 OpenAI: Solidifies its lead in developer-friendly AI.
🔮 What’s Next?
Will Anthropic cut Claude’s prices to compete?
Can Gemini simplify its complex billing?
Will Elon Musk expand Grok’s context window to match GPT-4.1?
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💬 Your Take?
Is GPT-4.1 the new AI leader? Or will Claude/Gemini strike back?
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