AI Rate CardGPT-4o vs GPT-5 Mini: API price and specs
GPT-5 Mini is 90% cheaper than GPT-4o on input price.
GPT-5 Mini is 80% cheaper than GPT-4o on output price.
GPT-5 Mini is 86% cheaper than GPT-4o on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
GPT-5 Mini has a 212.5% larger context than GPT-4o.
| Field | GPT-4o | GPT-5 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $1.25 +900% | $0.12 |
| Median input, per 1M | $2.50 +900% | $0.25 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $5.00 +400% | $1.00 |
| Median output, per 1M | $10.00 +400% | $2.00 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $2.25 +592.3% | $0.33 |
| Context | 128K +68% | 400K |
| Max output | 16K +87.2% | 128K |
| Providers | 20 +25.9% | 27 |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text | file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | openrouter | openrouter |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, cortecs, digitalocean, edenai, fastrouter, helicone, impossibl, kilo, ofox, openai, openrouter, orcarouter, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o or GPT-5 Mini?
GPT-5 Mini is 90% cheaper than GPT-4o on input price. GPT-5 Mini is 80% cheaper than GPT-4o on output price. GPT-5 Mini is 86% cheaper than GPT-4o on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, GPT-4o or GPT-5 Mini?
GPT-4o: 128K tokens; GPT-5 Mini: 400K tokens.
Where can I use both GPT-4o and GPT-5 Mini?
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, cortecs, digitalocean, edenai, fastrouter, helicone, impossibl, kilo, ofox, openai, openrouter, orcarouter, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux