Doubao 1.5 Pro Max vs GPT-4.1 Vision: which model should you choose?
We compared Doubao 1.5 Pro Max and GPT-4.1 Vision on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. GPT-4.1 Vision has the stronger average benchmark score; Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 400,000-token context window, costs $14.93 per million input tokens and $73.69 per million output tokens, and averages 81.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.93 / 1M
- Output
- $73.69 / 1M
- Context
- 400,000
- Avg score
- 81.2
- Open weights
- No
GPT-4.1 Vision
GPT-4.1 Vision is a multimodal model from OpenAI. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $14.88 per million input tokens and $81.24 per million output tokens, and averages 82.0 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.88 / 1M
- Output
- $81.24 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 82.0
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | GPT-4.1 Vision | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.93 | $14.88 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $73.69 | $81.24 | A |
| Context window | 400,000 | 1,000,000 | B |
| Max output | 4,096 | 8,192 | B |
| Average score | 81.2 | 82.0 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1447.5 | 1451.8 | B |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 3, GPT-4.1 Vision wins 8, and 1 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | GPT-4.1 Vision | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 81.1 | 84.0 | 2.9 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.1 | 79.3 | 3.2 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.7 | 72.4 | 1.7 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| HumanEval | 84.0 | 86.8 | 2.8 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| MATH-500 | 85.3 | 87.5 | 2.2 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| AIME 2025 | 80.4 | 77.2 | 3.2 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| LiveCodeBench | 73.5 | 74.3 | 0.8 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| IFEval | 90.2 | 88.7 | 1.5 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| TruthfulQA | 84.4 | 84.4 | 0.0 | Tie |
| HellaSwag | 87.8 | 89.7 | 1.9 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
| MMMU | 79.3 | 77.5 | 1.8 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Max |
| Arena Elo | 1447.5 | 1451.8 | 4.3 | GPT-4.1 Vision |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max costs about $29.62 per million tokens and GPT-4.1 Vision costs about $31.47. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is roughly 6% cheaper than GPT-4.1 Vision. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
GPT-4.1 Vision has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 400,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 3, GPT-4.1 Vision wins 8, and 1 are tied. On the index average, GPT-4.1 Vision leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.8 points (82.0 versus 81.2).
The price picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Max. The context picture favours GPT-4.1 Vision. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with GPT-4.1 Vision for quality-sensitive work and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Max if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
Choose GPT-4.1 Vision if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- You need the larger 1,000,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 8,192-token output limit.
FAQ
Is Doubao 1.5 Pro Max better than GPT-4.1 Vision?
On the index average, GPT-4.1 Vision leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Max by 0.8 points (82.0 versus 81.2). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max wins 3 benchmarks, GPT-4.1 Vision wins 8.
Which is cheaper, Doubao 1.5 Pro Max or GPT-4.1 Vision?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $29.62 per million tokens, versus $31.47 for GPT-4.1 Vision.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-4.1 Vision has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Max has 400,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Max is proprietary; GPT-4.1 Vision is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with GPT-4.1 Vision for quality-sensitive work and Doubao 1.5 Pro Max for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.