Author's Description
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable than other recent frontier models, and more than 60% cheaper than [GPT-3.5 Turbo](/models/openai/gpt-3.5-turbo). It maintains SOTA intelligence, while being significantly more cost-effective. GPT-4o mini achieves an 82% score on MMLU and presently ranks higher than GPT-4 on chat preferences [common leaderboards](https://arena.lmsys.org/). Check out the [launch announcement](https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-mini-advancing-cost-efficient-intelligence/) to learn more. #multimodal
Key Specifications
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
Performance Summary
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) demonstrates a strong overall performance profile, positioning itself as a highly competitive and cost-effective AI model. It performs among the fastest models, consistently ranking in the top tier for speed (78th percentile). The model also offers competitive pricing, typically providing cost-effective solutions (73rd percentile). Notably, GPT-4o-mini exhibits exceptional reliability, achieving a perfect 100th percentile across all benchmarks, indicating minimal technical failures and consistent evaluable responses. In terms of benchmark performance, GPT-4o-mini excels in several areas. It achieved perfect accuracy in the Ethics (Baseline) benchmark, standing out as the most accurate model at its price point and among models of similar speed. Its General Knowledge (Baseline) performance was also very strong at 99.0% accuracy. The model showed high accuracy in Coding (Baseline) at 87.0%, being the most accurate among models of comparable speed. While its Email Classification (Baseline) accuracy was solid at 98.0%, its Reasoning (Baseline) score of 56.0% indicates a relative weakness in complex multi-step problem-solving compared to its other strengths. Instruction Following (Baseline) was moderate at 61.0%. Overall, GPT-4o-mini's key strengths lie in its ethical alignment, general knowledge, coding proficiency, and remarkable reliability, all delivered with impressive speed and cost-efficiency.
Model Pricing
Current Pricing
Feature | Price (per 1M tokens) |
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Prompt | $0.15 |
Completion | $0.6 |
Input Cache Read | $0.075 |
Price History
Available Endpoints
Provider | Endpoint Name | Context Length | Pricing (Input) | Pricing (Output) |
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OpenAI
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OpenAI | openai/gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 | 128K | $0.15 / 1M tokens | $0.6 / 1M tokens |
Benchmark Results
Benchmark | Category | Reasoning | Free | Executions | Accuracy | Cost | Duration |
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Other Models by openai
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Released | Params | Context |
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
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OpenAI: o3 Pro | Jun 10, 2025 | ~400B | 200K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: Codex Mini | May 16, 2025 | — | 200K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o4 Mini High | Apr 16, 2025 | — | 200K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o3 | Apr 16, 2025 | ~400B | 200K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
— | — | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o4 Mini | Apr 16, 2025 | — | 200K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 | Apr 14, 2025 | ~1.8T | 1M |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini | Apr 14, 2025 | ~300B | 1M |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano | Apr 14, 2025 | ~50B | 1M |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
OpenAI: o1-pro | Mar 19, 2025 | 300B | 200K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview | Mar 12, 2025 | ~8B | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★★ | $$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o Search Preview | Mar 12, 2025 | ~200B | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4.5 (Preview) Unavailable | Feb 27, 2025 | ~12.8T | 128K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: o3 Mini High | Feb 12, 2025 | 200B | 200K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o3 Mini | Jan 31, 2025 | 200B | 200K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o1 | Dec 17, 2024 | 300B | 200K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-11-20) | Nov 20, 2024 | ~200B | 128K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o1-mini | Sep 11, 2024 | ~100B | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: o1-preview Unavailable | Sep 11, 2024 | 300B | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: o1-preview (2024-09-12) Unavailable | Sep 11, 2024 | 300B | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: o1-mini (2024-09-12) | Sep 11, 2024 | ~100B | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: ChatGPT-4o | Aug 13, 2024 | ~200B | 128K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-08-06) | Aug 05, 2024 | ~200B | 128K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | Jul 17, 2024 | ~8B | 128K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★ | $$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o | May 12, 2024 | ~200B | 128K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o (extended) | May 12, 2024 | ~200B | 128K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | May 12, 2024 | ~200B | 128K |
Image input
File input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo | Apr 08, 2024 | — | 128K |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★★★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) | Jan 24, 2024 | 175B | 4K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★ | $$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo Preview | Jan 24, 2024 | — | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★ | ★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k (older v1106) Unavailable | Nov 05, 2023 | 175B | 16K |
Text input
Text output
|
— | ★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) | Nov 05, 2023 | — | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Sep 27, 2023 | 175B | 4K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Aug 27, 2023 | 175B | 16K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★★ | $$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k Unavailable | May 27, 2023 | 175B | 16K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo | May 27, 2023 | 175B | 16K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4 | May 27, 2023 | — | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | +$$$$$ |
OpenAI: GPT-4 (older v0314) | May 27, 2023 | — | 8K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★★★★ | ★ | +$$$$$ |