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GPT-5 Mini (2025-08-07) pricing
API list price by OpenAI · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.25 / $2per 1M tokens in / out
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.25 | list |
| Output | $2 | |
| Context | 400K | tokens |
OpenAI native API; gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07. Standard per-million token rates; separate modalities, tools and cached components may add charges. This is an OpenAI offer for the documented snapshot, not an Azure deployment price.
In OpenAI's line-upper 1M in / out
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| GPT-5 Mini (2025-08-07) | $0.25 / $2 | this model |
| GPT-5.4 Mini (2026-03-17) | $0.75 / $4.50 | 2.5× |
| o3 Mini High | $1.10 / $4.40 | 2.8× |
| o4 Mini High | $1.10 / $4.40 | 2.8× |
Cheaper for the same workvs GPT-5 Mini (2025-08-07) at medium
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 unstatedOpen | -70% | score -6% | $0.09 / $0.55 |
| GPT-5 Nano (2025-08-07) unstated | -80% | score -7% | $0.05 / $0.40 |
Pricing questions
How much does GPT-5 Mini (2025-08-07) cost?›
$0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens.
Is GPT-5 Mini (2025-08-07) free to use?›
There is no free API tier.
What is a cheaper alternative to GPT-5 Mini (2025-08-07)?›
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 at unstated effort costs -70% per task with a score -6% on SimpleQA Verified v1.