GPT-4o Mini
GPT-4o MiniAlternatives?
CheaperGLM 5.3 FlashunstatedOpenwins 73%-10%$0.15 / $0.50Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4BetterGPT-5 Minihighwins 58%+162%$0.053
OpenMiMo v2.6 Prounstatedwins 76%+107%$0.43 / $0.87Pass back reasoning_content+3
CheaperGemma 4 31BunstatedOpenwins 70%-39%$0.10 / $0.34
CheaperHy3unstatedOpenwins 69%-12%$0.13 / $0.53No image inputGLM 5.3 FlashunstatedOpenwins 73%-10%$0.15 / $0.50Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4Gemma 4 31BunstatedOpenwins 70%-39%$0.10 / $0.34Hy3unstatedOpenwins 69%-12%$0.13 / $0.53No image inputMiMo v2.6 FlashunstatedOpenwins 69%-33%$0.14 / $0.28Pass back reasoning_content+3MiMo v2.5unstatedOpenwins 67%-33%$0.14 / $0.28GPT-5 Minihighwins 58%+162%$0.053GPT-6 Lunamaxwins 63%-24%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
Claude Haiku 5.5highwins 60%-24%$0.079Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 68%+71%$0.085GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 70%+1,614%$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensMiMo v2.6 ProunstatedOpenwins 76%+107%$0.43 / $0.87Pass back reasoning_content+3GLM 5.2maxOpenwins 75%+719%$1.28No image inputGLM 5.3maxOpenwins 75%+719%$2.01No image input+4
Kimi K3maxOpenwins 75%+2,186%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3GLM 5.1unstatedOpenwins 74%+719%$1.40 / $4.40No image inputGPT-5.5highwins 75%—$1.40Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-5.6 Solxhighwins 74%—$1.18GPT-5.4highwins 73%—$2.50 / $15GPT-5.1highwins 71%—$1.25 / $10GPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 71%—$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5GPT-6 Astramaxwins 71%—$3.26Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 70%—$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 68%—$0.085All OpenAI models →History
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How much does GPT-4o Mini cost?›
$0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.075 per 1M.
Is GPT-4o Mini free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.15 per 1M input tokens.
How good is GPT-4o Mini, and what is it best at?›
#303 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #135 of 156 in Coding, #146 of 177 in Agents & Tool Use, #145 of 197 in Writing & Language, #119 of 125 in Vision & Documents.
Is GPT-4o Mini better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?›
On Arena Text · creative writing · October 22, 2026, GPT-4o Mini scores 1,267.5 vs 1,268.3 — about the same.
How can I use GPT-4o Mini?›
Through the API of Azure, OpenAI.
What is the context window of GPT-4o Mini?›
128K tokens, with up to 16K output tokens.
When was GPT-4o Mini released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2024-07-18. It has been superseded by GPT-5 Mini.
Is GPT-4o Mini open source?›
No, GPT-4o Mini is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiMo v2.6 Pro.
Can GPT-4o Mini read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is GPT-4o Mini?›
GPT-4o Mini is a closed language model from OpenAI, released Jul 2024.
What are the best alternatives to GPT-4o Mini?›
GLM 5.3 Flash (cheaper), GPT-5 Mini (better), MiMo v2.6 Pro (open weights).