GPT-5 Mini (batch)
OpenAI · Multimodal · Released Aug 2025
GPT-5 Mini is OpenAI's lightweight general-purpose model with a 400k token context window, designed for lower-latency reasoning tasks with reduced computational requirements.
- Strengths
- Delivers instruction-following and safety-tuning comparable to full GPT-5 while maintaining faster latency and lower resource overhead.
- Best for
- Lighter-weight reasoning and text generation tasks where speed and efficiency matter more than maximum capability.
- Limitations
- Smaller model size means reduced reasoning depth compared to GPT-5 Pro or full GPT-5, making it less suitable for complex multi-step problems requiring extensive chain-of-thought.
Input / 1M
$0.125
Output / 1M
$1.00
Cached input / 1M
$0.0125
Context window
400K
Price history
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 2026 | $0.125 | $1.00 | $0.0125 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |