OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini

openai · Released Jul 18, 2024 Efficient
Intelligence #201 / 523
39.6 Our Score
Speed #145 / 236
72.3 tokens / sec
Input #223 / 523
$0.150 per 1M tokens
Output #246 / 523
$0.600 per 1M tokens
Context #264 / 523
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #201 of 523 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.150 input and $0.600 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports tool use, function calling, and vision.

Editorial notes

GPT-4o-mini from OpenAI offers a strong balance of multimodal capability, tool use, and very competitive pricing, making it a practical choice for cost-sensitive business applications. Its benchmark scores are modest compared to current flagship models, but its breadth of features and low cost give it solid everyday utility.

Assessed April 23, 2026

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Performance Profile

Intelligence2.7Technical0Value7.8Content5
Intelligence 2.7/10
Technical 0/10
Content 5/10
Value 7.8/10

GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after GPT-4 Omni, supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable..

Capabilities

Tool Use Function Calling Vision

Performance Indices

Source: Artificial Analysis

12.6 Intelligence Index
14.7 Math Index

Benchmark Scores

Intelligence

GPQA Diamond 42.6% Graduate-level scientific reasoning
HLE 4% Humanity's Last Exam
MMLU Pro 64.8% Multi-task language understanding
MATH 500 78.9% Mathematical problem-solving
AIME 11.7% Competition mathematics
AIME 2025 14.7% Competition mathematics (2025)
SciCode 22.9% Scientific computing

Technical

LiveCodeBench 23.4% Live coding evaluation

Content

IFBench 31% Instruction following

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face

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Model Information

OpenRouter ID openai/gpt-4o-mini
Provideropenai
Model FamilyGPT-4o
Release Date July 18, 2024
Context Length128,000 tokens
Max Completion16,384 tokens
Status Active

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.15 $0.000150
Output $0.60 $0.000600

Live Performance

Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.

99.9%
Avg Uptime
547ms
Best Latency (TTFT)
34 tok/s
Best Throughput
2/2
Active Endpoints
Available via: Azure, OpenAI

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