GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 MiniAlternatives?
CheaperAgnes 2.5 Pro Beta+15%-78%$0.10 / $0.30BetterGPT-5.6 Lunamedium+4%-71%$0.016
OpenKimi K3max+23%+3,639%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3CheaperGPT-6 Lunaxhigh+11%-21%$0.042Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
CheaperLing 3.0 Flash VLthinkingOpen+8%-87%$0.06 / $0.18Context: 400K → 262KAgnes 2.5 Pro Beta+15%-78%$0.10 / $0.30GPT-5.6 Lunahigh+11%-18%$0.044GPT-6 Lunaxhigh+11%-21%$0.042Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3Ling 3.0 Flash VLthinkingOpen+8%-87%$0.06 / $0.18Context: 400K → 262K
Claude Haiku 5.5medium+7%-12%$0.047Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-5.6 Lunamedium+4%-71%$0.016GPT-6 Lunamedium+8%-67%$0.017Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3Claude Haiku 5.5medium+7%-12%$0.047Remove sampling parameters+5GPT-6.1 Terralow+12%same$0.055
Muse Glimmer 30BhighOpen+15%+8%$0.058Context: 400K → 131KKimi K3maxOpen+23%+3,639%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3
Step 5 PreviewthinkingOpen+22%+1,819%$1.03web_search not available · Chat Completions+2
MiMo v2.6 ProthinkingOpen+19%+149%$0.13Pass back reasoning_content+3Muse Glimmer 30BhighOpen+15%+8%$0.058Context: 400K → 131KLing 3.1 FlashOpen+15%+1,789%$1.01No image inputGPT-5.5high+17%+2,516%$1.40Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6 Solhigh+16%+597%$0.37GPT-5.3 Codexxhigh+15%—$1.75 / $14DeprecatedGPT-6.1 Terrahigh+14%+151%$0.13GPT-6.1 Solhigh+14%+497%$0.32Remove unsupported parameters+5GPT-5.6 Solhigh+13%+1,410%$0.81GPT-5.6 Lunahigh+11%-18%$0.044GPT-6 Astrahigh+11%+3,125%$1.73Monitoring can return HTTP 403+2All OpenAI models →History
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How much does GPT-5 Mini cost?›
$0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.025 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $0.053 at high effort.
Is GPT-5 Mini free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.25 per 1M input tokens.
How good is GPT-5 Mini, and what is it best at?›
#120 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #77 of 134 in Coding, #81 of 135 in Agents & Tool Use, #114 of 197 in Writing & Language, #69 of 125 in Vision & Documents. Strongest at: Instructions.
Is GPT-5 Mini better than GPT-4.1 Mini?›
On AA-LCR (long context) 1.1, GPT-5 Mini scores 72.3 vs 44 — higher.
How can I use GPT-5 Mini?›
Through the API of Azure, OpenAI.
What is the context window of GPT-5 Mini?›
400K tokens, with up to 128K output tokens.
When was GPT-5 Mini released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-08-07. It has been superseded by GPT-5.6 Terra.
Is GPT-5 Mini open source?›
No, GPT-5 Mini is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Kimi K3.
Can GPT-5 Mini read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is GPT-5 Mini?›
GPT-5 Mini is a closed language model from OpenAI, released Aug 2025, the successor to GPT-4.1 Mini.
What are the best alternatives to GPT-5 Mini?›
Agnes 2.5 Pro Beta (cheaper), GPT-5.6 Luna (better), Kimi K3 (open weights).