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o4-mini

Fast, affordable o-series reasoning model for coding and STEM tasks.

Pricing

Model Overview

Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.

Model pricing
Price fieldValue
Input$1.10 / 1M tokens
Output$4.40 / 1M tokens
Cached read$0.28 / 1M tokens
Batch discount50%
Sourceo4-mini pricing
VerifiedApr 5, 2026 (High)

Surface

Capabilities

Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.

Model capabilities
AttributeValues
Modalities
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Capabilities
reasoningimageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
StrengthsReasoning-focused price/performance, Strong coding/math
TradeoffsNo code execution or web search

References

Official Links

Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.

Official model links
ReferenceURL
Introhttps://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
Docshttps://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models
Pricinghttps://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing/
Release notehttps://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes

Coverage

Benchmark Coverage

Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.

Benchmark coverage
BenchmarkVersionScoreDateSourceNotes
GPQA Diamond202481.4 %Apr 1, 2025OpenAIVendor-reported
AIME 2025202592.7 %Apr 1, 2025OpenAIVendor-reported
SWE-bench Verified202468.1 %Apr 1, 2025OpenAIVendor-reported

Lifecycle

Release History

Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.

Release history
ReleaseAliasLifecycleRelease DateDeprecationShutdownSummary
o4-minio4-miniActiveApr 16, 2025——Current published model family snapshot.

Surfaces

Host Coverage

Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.

Host coverage
HostTypeContextPricing NoteDifferences
OpenAI APIfirst-party200.0KReference pricing.Prompt caching; Batch API

Migration

Migration Guidance

Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.

Migration guidance
TopicDetails
SummaryReplaced o3-mini as the lower-cost o-series option.

Timeline

Change Events

Cataloged model-family updates and source references.

Change events
DateTypeTitleDescriptionSource
Apr 16, 2025family_addedo4-mini publishedInitial public model family launch.o4-mini release notes

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