AI Rate CardGPT-5 Mini vs o3: API price and specs
GPT-5 Mini is 88% cheaper than o3 on input price.
GPT-5 Mini is 75% cheaper than o3 on output price.
GPT-5 Mini is 82% cheaper than o3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
GPT-5 Mini has a 100% larger context than o3.
| Field | GPT-5 Mini | o3 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.12 | $1.00 +700% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.25 | $2.00 +700% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $1.00 | $4.00 +300% |
| Median output, per 1M | $2.00 | $8.00 +300% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.33 | $1.80 +453.8% |
| Context | 400K | 200K +50% |
| Max output | 128K | 100K +21.9% |
| Providers | 27 | 20 +25.9% |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text | file, image, 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, azure, cometapi, digitalocean, edenai, fastrouter, helicone, impossibl, jiekou, kilo, nearai, openai, openrouter, poe, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Mini or o3?
GPT-5 Mini is 88% cheaper than o3 on input price. GPT-5 Mini is 75% cheaper than o3 on output price. GPT-5 Mini is 82% cheaper than o3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, GPT-5 Mini or o3?
GPT-5 Mini: 400K tokens; o3: 200K tokens.
Where can I use both GPT-5 Mini and o3?
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, azure, cometapi, digitalocean, edenai, fastrouter, helicone, impossibl, jiekou, kilo, nearai, openai, openrouter, poe, requesty, trustedrouter, vercel