OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
Analysis Summary
OpenAI GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is a text-only model with a 128K context window and low listed input and output prices. The supplied results provide some measurable reasoning and coding evidence, but do not establish standout performance. This variant has no listed tool-use, function-calling, or vision capability, so the word Search in its name should not be treated as proof of retrieval behavior.
It may be worth evaluating for routine text generation and bounded analysis where low cost matters. Its context capacity can accommodate longer prompts, but there is no long-context benchmark in the record to show dependable performance over extensive documents. For tasks that require external research, test source retrieval and citation behavior directly rather than assuming the model provides them.
Its price makes it more suitable for volume than the larger-priced preview model in this batch, but production use should remain task-specific. Apply human review to factual claims and avoid assigning complex technical or autonomous work without further evidence.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview offers a 128K context at low listed prices and has benchmark results across reasoning and coding; the record does not establish search tools or function calling for this variant.
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DFO Verdict
GPT-4o-mini Search Preview offers a 128K context at low listed prices and has benchmark results across reasoning and coding; the record does not establish search tools or function calling for this variant.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Nov 9, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 28, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control. Bars: magenta = reasoning, ink = coding and agents, cyan = instructions and long context.
Artificial Analysis has not published coding or agentic results for OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview yet. Until it does, the model sits below tested models on the Coding and AI Agents lists.
Artificial Analysis no longer lists this model, so its indexes are converted from their older scale to stay comparable.
How OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview compares
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview ranks #203 of 449 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 128K-token context window is larger than 36% of the models we list. At $0.15 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 57% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.15 | $0.000150 |
| Output | $0.60 | $0.000600 |
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Talk to our teamAbout 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.
Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview
How much does OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview cost?
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview?
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).
Who created OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview?
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini Search Preview is developed by OpenAI and was released on March 12, 2025.