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GPT-5 Mini pricing

GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost. GPT-5 Mini is the successor to OpenAI's o4-mini model. Below you will find 5 current rows with input and output dollars per million. Right now the lowest input is $0.250 and the lowest output is $2.00.

272K context·5 providers·verified May 2, 2026
Best input$0.250per 1M tokens · Openrouter
Best output$2.00per 1M tokens · Openrouter

Pricing across providers

Every row is a seller of GPT-5 Mini with token pricing we track. The cheapest input in this snapshot is from Openrouter. The bar chart shows the same input and output dollars per million for a quick scan.

O
Openrouter
Input / 1M
$0.250
Output / 1M
$2.00
Cached in: $0.025
A
Azure
Input / 1M
$0.250
Output / 1M
$2.00
Cached in: $0.025
GC
Github Copilot
Input / 1M
N/A
Output / 1M
N/A
R
Replicate
Input / 1M
$0.250
Output / 1M
$2.00
O
OpenAInative
Input / 1M
$0.250
Output / 1M
$2.00
Cached in: $0.025

Input vs output · per provider

Cost calculator

Pick any of the providers above and type how many tokens you expect per day, week, or year. We turn that into rough dollar totals for GPT-5 Mini.

Provider

In: $0.250/M·Out: $2.00/M·Cache: $0.025/M

0.025000¢ / req

0.100000¢ / req

Daily
$13
Monthly
$375
Annual
$4.6K

Model specifications

These fields describe GPT-5 Mini as we store it (source: OpenAI). They sit next to price so buyers can check limits and tools in one place.

Context window
272,000 tokens
Max output
128,000 tokens
Vision (images)
Yes
Tool / function calling
Yes
Streaming
No
Released
Aug 2025
Primary provider
OpenAI
Model family
N/A

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Frequently asked questions

Quick frequently asked items for GPT-5 Mini pricing and limits. The short model note from our index: GPT-5 Mini is a compact version of GPT-5, designed to handle lighter-weight reasoning tasks. It provides the same instruction-following and safety-tuning benefits as GPT-5, but with reduced latency and cost. GPT-5 Mini i...

GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens via the native API. Prompt caching reduces input costs to $0.03/M tokens.

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