Pricing
Model Overview
Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.
| Price field | Value |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.15 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $0.60 / 1M tokens |
| Cached read | $0.07 / 1M tokens |
| Batch discount | 50% |
| Source | GPT-4o mini pricing |
| Verified | Apr 5, 2026 (High) |
Surface
Capabilities
Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.
| Attribute | Values |
|---|---|
| Modalities | textimage totext |
| Capabilities | imageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs |
| Strengths | Very low price, Good vision capability |
| Tradeoffs | Older 128K context window |
References
Official Links
Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.
| Reference | URL |
|---|---|
| Intro | https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-mini-advancing-cost-efficient-intelligence/ |
| Docs | https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models |
| Pricing | https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing/ |
| Release note | https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes |
Coverage
Benchmark Coverage
Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.
| Benchmark | Version | Score | Date | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 2024 | 82.4 % | Jul 1, 2024 | OpenAI | Vendor-reported |
Lifecycle
Release History
Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.
| Release | Alias | Lifecycle | Release Date | Deprecation | Shutdown | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4o mini | gpt-4o-mini | Active | Jul 18, 2024 | — | — | Current published model family snapshot. |
Surfaces
Host Coverage
Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.
| Host | Type | Context | Pricing Note | Differences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | first-party | 128.0K | Reference pricing. | Prompt caching; Batch API |
Migration
Migration Guidance
Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Summary | Lower-priced active OpenAI model with vision. Consider GPT-4.1 nano for 1M context. |
| Replacement models | gpt-4-1-nano |
Timeline
Change Events
Cataloged model-family updates and source references.
| Date | Type | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2024 | family_added | GPT-4o mini published | Initial public model family launch. | GPT-4o mini release notes |
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