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GPT-5 mini pricing

$0.25 per 1M input tokens, $2.00 per 1M output tokens from OpenAI. 400k context window, 90% off cached input, 50% off via batch API.

Input /1M

$0.25

Output /1M

$2.00

Typical /1M

$0.69

input weighted 3:1

Context

400k

Price history

Steady since we started tracking (Jul 13, 2026)

FastStandard

Quality by task

Benchmark-informed 0-100 estimates. GPT-5 mini's strongest category is chat & support.

Chat & support88

Vision & multimodal87

Reasoning & analysis86

Summarization86

Translation86

Coding & code review85

Writing & content85

Classification & routing85

Data extraction85

General / other85

Agents & tool use83

Cheaper alternatives for chat & support

Models under $0.69/1M typical that stay within 10 quality points of GPT-5 mini's 88 score on this task.

GPT-5 nanoOpenAI · Chat score 80$0.14/1M Mistral Small 3.2Mistral · Chat score 82$0.15/1M Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle · Chat score 79$0.18/1M

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