Model · OpenAI

GPT-4o-mini Search Preview

GPT-4o mini Search Preview is a specialized model for web search in Chat Completions. It is trained to understand and execute web search queries.

Pricing

Model Overview

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

Surface

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

Model capabilities
Attribute	Values
Modalities	text to text
Capabilities	webSearchstructuredOutputs

References

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

Official model links
Reference	URL
Intro	https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
Docs	https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview
Pricing	https://openrouter.ai/models

Coverage

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

Benchmark coverage
Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes

Lifecycle

Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.

Release history
Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview	openai-gpt-4o-mini-search-preview	Preview	Mar 12, 2025	—	—	Model available via OpenRouter.

Surfaces

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

Host coverage
Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
OpenRouter	aggregator	128.0K	$0.15/1M in · $0.60/1M out via OpenRouter	—

Migration

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

Migration guidance
Topic	Details
Summary

Timeline

Cataloged model-family updates and source references.

Change events
Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Mar 12, 2025	family_added	GPT-4o-mini Search Preview published	Model made available via OpenRouter.	OpenRouter

From OpenAI