OpenRouter model
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini is a mid-sized model delivering performance competitive with GPT-4o at substantially lower latency and cost. It retains a 1 million token context window and scores 45.1% on hard...
- Provider
- OpenRouter
- Availability
- Available
- Model ID
- openai/gpt-4.1-mini
- Snapshot
- 2026-10-07
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini Benchmarks & Agentic Accuracy
Verified primary research & developer preference metrics
What This Means in Real Software Development
- High speed enables instant responses across multi-turn agent conversations.
- Substantial 32.0% SWE-bench score at near-zero token cost ($0.20/M input).
- Strong support for structured tool calls, function calling, and AST inspection.
- Ideal for high-concurrency subagent swarms running inside separate worktrees.
Swarm Multi-Agent Topology
Best Paired With: Claude 3.7 Sonnet as Lead Planner
High throughput and low pricing enable deploying 10+ parallel subagents for symbol search and test runs.
Executes read-only repo scans across multiple worktrees concurrently.
What Developers & Practitioners Are Saying
Real-world field observations, production strengths, and developer consensus
"Refined compact model offering improved instruction adherence for developer toolchains."
Verified Real-World Strengths
- 32.0% on SWE-bench Verified
- Fast response times for CLI autocomplete and triage
- Crisp code explanations without fluff
Production Caveats & Gaps
- Limited capacity for deep multi-step algorithmic reasoning
Primary Sources & Methodology Citations
- OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini Capabilities — OpenAI (April 2025)
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini model overview
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini is listed in the public Swarm catalog through OpenRouter. This page summarizes the verified catalog fields used by Swarm without claiming real-time access for every provider account.
- Provider
- OpenRouter
- Family
- OpenRouter
- Context window
- 1.05M tokens
- Thinking support
- Not supported
- Availability status
- Available
- Catalog ID
- openrouter/openai/gpt-4.1-mini
Run OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini in Swarm
Verified CLI workflow & multi-agent architecture
swarm ctl model set --provider openrouter --model openrouter/openai/gpt-4.1-mini# Or switch interactively inside the terminal TUI:
/modelsSubagent Role Matrix
Assign OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini to specialized system roles in ~/.swarm/config.json:
- Primary / Planner: Orchestrates full task DAGs and multi-stage pipelines.
- Coder Subagent: Generates code and unit tests inside private Git worktrees.
- Finder Subagent: Performs read-only code search, symbol discovery, and mapping.
Public catalog snapshot. Catalog availability is not a real-time provider status or an access guarantee.