GPT-4.1
vgpt-4.1-2025-04-14OpenAI
LEGACY: retired from ChatGPT 2026-02-13 but still available in the API with no announced shutdown (as of 2026-07-09). Previous-generation general-purpose GPT-4.1 model with a 1,047,576-token context window. OpenAI recommends GPT-5.x models for new work.
Trust Vector Analysis
Dimension Breakdown
🚀Performance & Reliability+
Strong general-purpose performance with good balance across coding, reasoning, and knowledge tasks. Flagship model for most production use cases.
Industry-standard coding benchmarks
Mathematical and scientific reasoning benchmarks
Crowdsourced comparisons and comprehensive knowledge testing
Internal testing with repeated prompts
Median latency for API requests
95th percentile response time
Official specification from provider
Historical uptime data from official status page
🛡️Security+
Strong security posture with comprehensive safety systems. Robust protection against adversarial attacks.
Testing against OWASP LLM01 prompt injection attacks
Testing against adversarial prompt datasets
Analysis of privacy policies
Safety testing across harmful content categories
Review of API security features
🔒Privacy & Compliance+
Standard enterprise privacy practices with SOC 2 Type II certification. 30-day retention period.
Review of enterprise documentation
Analysis of privacy policy
Review of terms of service
Review of data protection capabilities
Verification of compliance certifications
Review of data handling practices
👁️Trust & Transparency+
Good transparency with solid explainability. Lower hallucination rate than smaller models. Comprehensive safety systems.
Evaluation of reasoning transparency
Testing on factual QA datasets
Evaluation on bias benchmarks
Qualitative assessment of confidence expression
Review of documentation completeness
Review of public disclosures
Analysis of safety mechanisms
⚙️Operational Excellence+
Excellent operational maturity with industry-leading ecosystem and developer experience.
Review of API design
Review of SDK quality
Review of versioning approach
Review of monitoring tools
Assessment of support channels
Analysis of integrations
Review of licensing
- +Strong general-purpose performance (66.3% MMLU)
- +Good balance of quality and speed (~1.2s p50)
- +Very large context window (1,047,576 tokens) for document processing
- +Mature ecosystem with extensive integrations
- +Reliable uptime and infrastructure (99.9%)
- +Comprehensive safety and security features
- !Moderate coding performance (48.1% HumanEval)
- !30-day data retention period
- !Not HIPAA eligible
- !Limited regional data residency options
- !Higher pricing than smaller models
- !Training data transparency limited
- !LEGACY: retired from ChatGPT 2026-02-13; API continues but OpenAI recommends GPT-5.x for new work
Use Case Ratings
code generation
Good coding capabilities for typical development tasks. 48.1% HumanEval suitable for standard programming.
customer support
Excellent for customer support with strong conversational abilities and good response times.
content creation
Strong content creation with natural language and good creativity.
data analysis
Good for data analysis and business intelligence tasks.
research assistant
Strong research capabilities with good knowledge base (66.3% MMLU).
legal compliance
Adequate for legal document analysis but requires human oversight.
healthcare
Not HIPAA eligible. Limited use for healthcare applications.
financial analysis
Good for financial analysis and reporting tasks.
education
Excellent for educational applications and tutoring.
creative writing
Strong creative writing with natural storytelling abilities.