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MAIT-510 – Learn Azure OpenAI: GPT

Model Overview and Comparison

Model Tokens/Minute (TPM) Requests/Minute (RPM) Latency Throughput Error Handling
gpt-4o Up to 450K per region Varies by deployment Low (real-time) High (streaming) Handles large prompts; monitor for 429/500; implement retries/backoff
gpt-4 Varies by deployment Varies by deployment Moderate (~1.3s avg) Moderate Monitor 429; limit prompt size; retries
gpt-4.1 Up to 30K TPM (enforced) Varies by deployment Moderate Moderate Known 500s in regions; monitor 429/500
gpt-4.1-mini Not publicly documented Not publicly documented Likely low Likely high General best practices apply
gpt-4-32k Varies by deployment Varies by deployment Higher (context size) Lower Monitor 429; 32K max prompt
gpt-35-turbo-16k Varies by deployment Varies by deployment Low (~900ms avg) High Monitor 429; 16K max prompt
gpt-35-turbo Varies by deployment Varies by deployment Low (~900ms avg) High Monitor 429; 4K max prompt
gpt-35-turbo-instruct Varies by deployment Varies by deployment Low High Monitor 429; 4K max prompt
gpt-4.5-preview Not publicly documented Not publicly documented Experimental Experimental Pre-release; expect bugs; robust error handling
gpt-4.1-nano Not publicly documented Not publicly documented Likely very low Likely very high General best practices apply
gpt-image-1 Not publicly documented Not publicly documented Moderate Moderate Monitor image-specific errors
gpt-4o-mini / tts / audio Not publicly documented Not publicly documented Very low (real-time) High Monitor audio errors; use proper input format

GPT-4o vs GPT-4.1 Turbo Comparison

Category GPT-4o GPT-4.1 (Turbo) Winner
Reasoning Equal or slightly better Strong performance Tie
Coding Better real-time Better in benchmarks GPT-4.1
Math Better interpretive Better symbolic precision Tie / GPT-4.1
Instruction Following More expressive More formal GPT-4o
Multilingual Better tokenization Less efficient GPT-4o
Image Understanding Native support Not supported GPT-4o
Speech/TTS Built-in STT/TTS Not supported GPT-4o
Expressiveness Dynamic & expressive Flat tone GPT-4o
Factual Accuracy Similar cutoff Similar cutoff Tie
Steerability Strong tone/style ctrl Text only GPT-4o
Token Efficiency Better compression Slightly worse GPT-4o

Summary:

Latency Comparison

Model Avg Latency (Time to First Token) Notes
GPT-4o ~5 seconds (Azure) Optimized for low latency + multimodal tasks
GPT-4.1 ~45 seconds for 1000–1500 tokens Higher latency, especially for long completions

Throughput Comparison

Model TPM RPM Notes
GPT-4o 150,000 900 Higher quotas available via enterprise
GPT-4.1 3,000/PTU Varies Dependent on Provisioned Throughput

Use Cases

1. Automated IT Support & Triage

2. Infrastructure-as-Code Review

3. Security & Policy Review

Manual Testing: Thermodynamics Prompt

Prompt: Calculate ΔH (kJ/mol NaNO₃) using a calorimeter (451 J/°C), 0.0300 mol NaOH, 1000 mL of 0.0300 M HNO₃, T↑ from 23.000°C → 23.639°C. Assume 4.18 J/g°C, 1.00 g/mL.

GPT-4.1 Output:

GPT-4o Output:

Correct Calculation:

Conclusion