OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini
Review
OpenAI's GPT-5 Image Mini supports multimodal input and output including image generation at a lower price than its sibling, but the absence of benchmark data means capability cannot be independently verified at this stage.
Assessment date: April 16, 2026
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Performance Profile
GPT-5 Image Mini combines OpenAI's advanced language capabilities, powered by GPT-5 Mini, with GPT Image 1 Mini for efficient image generation. This natively multimodal model features superior instruction following, text..
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text + Image + File → Text + Image |
| Tokenizer | GPT |
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
|
| Provider | openai |
| Release Date | October 16, 2025 |
| Context Length | 400,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 128,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.50 | $0.002500 |
| Output | $2.00 | $0.002000 |
