OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini

openai · Released Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence #56 / 743
68.4 our score
Speed #41 / 327
183.1 tok/s
Input Price #512 / 748
$0.750 per 1M tokens
Output Price #579 / 748
$4.50 per 1M tokens
Context #180 / 748
400,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

OpenAI GPT-5.4 Mini is a compact general-purpose model with strong reasoning and coding capability. Vision, file input, tool use, and function calling extend it beyond text generation, while the 400,000-token context window supports substantial documents, technical projects, and multi-step client workflows.

It is a strong fit for coding assistants, document analysis, structured research, visual content review, and agents that need dependable external actions. Content quality and instruction following support customer-facing drafts, although premium models remain preferable for the hardest strategic or editorial assignments. Input pricing is moderate and output pricing is higher, so route high-value tasks through it and reserve cheaper models for routine transformations. It is a credible default for mixed text, file, and tool workflows.

Assessed August 9, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-5.4 Mini combines strong reasoning and coding with vision, file handling, tool use, function calling, and a 400K context window. Its output pricing favours high-value workflows over unrestricted bulk generation.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-5.4 Mini combines strong reasoning and coding with vision, file handling, tool use, function calling, and a 400K context window. Its output pricing favours high-value workflows over unrestricted bulk generation.

#56 of 743 overall Down 2 this week

How OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini compares

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini ranks #66 of 433 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #56 of 206 for coding, #56 of 188 for agentic tasks. Its 400K-token context window is larger than 76% of the models we list. At $0.75 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 32% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 92% of models #56
Speed: faster than 87% of models #41
Price: cheaper than 32% of models #512
Context: larger than 76% of models #180
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini $0.75 in $4.50 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol $2.00 in $10.00 out
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini 400K

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence5.8Technical5.7Value7Content8.2
Performance profile

Strongest on business fit. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $0.75 $0.000750
Output $4.50 $0.004500

What would OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

$0/mo OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini

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DFO AI AUTOMATION

These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.

We route routine calls to cheap models and save OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.

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About OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini

GPT-5.4 mini brings the core capabilities of GPT-5.4 to a faster, more efficient model optimized for high-throughput workloads. It supports text and image inputs with strong performance across reasoning, coding,..

Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini cost?

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini?

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini has a context window of 400,000 tokens (400K).

Is OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini ranks #56 of 206 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.

What can OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini do?

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini?

OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini is developed by OpenAI and was released on March 17, 2026.

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