alt Hacker NewsAnd then the model names & descriptions are virtually useless at providing any guidance.
ChatGPT lets me choose between GPT-4o ("Great for most tasks"), o3 ("Uses advanced reasoning"), o4-mini ("Fastest at advanced reasoning"), and o4-mini-high ("Great at coding and visual reasoning").
Is what I'm doing "most tasks"? How do I know when I want "advanced reasoning"? Great, I want advanced reasoning, so I should choose the faster one with the higher version number, right? etc.
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tzs • 06/25/2025
Can you describe your task and then ask ChatGPT which model you should use?
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dataflow • 06/25/2025
Can't you just run a few examples by hand to see how they perform for your tasks, before committing to any for production?
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Then there's GPT-4.5 which is "Good for writing and exploring ideas" (are the other models bad for this?), and GPT-4.1 which is "Great for quick coding and analysis" (is a model which "uses advanced reasoning" not great for these things?)